Lot 39
  • 39

Mané-Katz

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Mané-Katz
  • The Musicians
  • signed Mane-Katz and dated 62 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 21 3/4 by 17 1/8 in.
  • 55.2 by 43.5 cm.
  • Painted in 1962.

Provenance

Max Bodner, New York
Acquired by the parents of the present owner circa 1965
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Robert S. Aries, Mané-Katz, The Complete Works, London, 1970, vol. I, p. 183, no. 610, illustrated

Condition

Canvas is unlined. Painting surface in overall good condition. Light surface dust. Small spots of paint loss in the drumstick in lower left corner and in the tuba upper center. Under ultraviolet light no apparent inpainting visible.
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