Lot 12
  • 12

George Luks 1867-1933

Estimate
10,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • George Luks
  • Snack--Boy Eating Apple
  • signed G. Luks, l.r.

  • oil on canvas
  • 20 in. by 16 in.
signed G. Luks, l.r.

Provenance

William Selnick
Craig and Tarlton, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina
Acquired from the above, 1972

Exhibited

New York, ACA Gallery, George Luks 1867-1933 Retrospective Exhibition, 1967, illustrated pl. 32
Charlotte, North Carolina, Mint Museum of Art and traveling, American Paintings, The Landon Collection, September 1979-July 1981 
Charlottesville, Virginia, University of Virginia Art Museum, A Jeffersonian Ideal: Selections from the Dr. and Mrs. Henry C. Landon III Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts, August-November 2005, p. 70, illustrated in color p. 71

Condition

Good condition, lined, some varnish bloom on surface, particularly three inches from bottom edge; under UV: three inch vertical repaired tear in left background, otherwise fine.
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