Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II

Joseph H. Hirshhorn: Collector for a Nation, Part II

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Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program

Herman Rose

My Wife, Elia Braca

Lot Closed

April 6, 03:07 PM GMT

Estimate

200 - 300 USD

Lot Details

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Sold by the Order of the Trustees of The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden to Benefit its Acquisition Program

Herman Rose

1909 - 2007

My Wife, Elia Braca


signed Herman Rose (lower right); also titled (on the stretcher) 

oil on canvas 

canvas: 20 ½ by 26 inches (52 by 66 cm)

framed: 21 ¾ by 27 ¼ inches (55.3 by 69.2 cm)

Painted in 1968.

The artist
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (acquired from the above)
Gift to the present owner, 1981
(probably) New York, Zabriskie Gallery