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Property from an Important Private Collector

Adolph Gottlieb

Excalibur #2

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Lot Details

Description

Property from an Important Private Collector

Adolph Gottlieb

1903 - 1974


Excalibur #2

signed, titled and dated 1963-1964 (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

89¾ by 108½ in.

228 by 275.6 cm.

Executed in 1963-64. 

Estate of the artist
Esther Gottlieb, New York
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York
PaceWildenstein, New York
Private Collection, Madrid
Christie's, New York, 14 May 2014, lot 116 (consigned by the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
"Studio Tour to Help New School," The East Hampton Star, 15 August 1965, illustrated in the artist's studio
Gershom Scholem, Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, New York, 1995, illustrated in color (on the cover)
Karen Wilkin, "At the Galleries," Partisan Review, 1996, p. 260
New York, Knoedler & Company, Adolph Gottlieb: Paintings 1956-1964, February - March 1996, pp. 14-15, illustrated in color
Scottsdale, Riva Yares Gallery, Riva Yares 2000: The First 35 Years, February - April 2000, p. 35, illustrated in color
Sante Fe, Riva Yares Gallery, Adolph Gottlieb: Major Paintings, June - July 2000, pp. 12-13, illustrated in color
New York, PaceWildenstein, Adolph Gottlieb: Paintings from Four Decades, May - June 2008, no. 8, n.p., illustrated in color and illustrated in color (on the cover)
New York, The Pace Gallery, 50 Years at Pace, September - October 2010, p. 120, illustrated in color (in installation)