Lot 26
  • 26

Jack Levine

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jack Levine
  • Adam and Eve
  • signed J. Levine, l.l., inscribed in Hebrew with the names of the subjects, u.l. and u.r.
  • oil on canvas
  • 48 1/4 by 42 in.
  • 122.6 by 106.7 cm.
  • Painted in 1959

Provenance

The Alan Gallery, New York
Michael Abrams, New York
Acquired as a gift from the above by the present owners, 1978

Exhibited

Lincoln, Massachusetts, De Cordova Museum, Jack Levine, February 4-March 24, 1968
New York, The Jewish Museum, Jack Levine Retrospective Exhibition, November 7, 1978-January 28, 1979, cat. no. 47

Literature

Jack Levine et al., Jack Levine, New York, 1989, p. 92, illustrated

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: no apparent inpainting
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