Modern Discoveries
Modern Discoveries
Between Thought and Expression: Works from a Private American Collection
Esphyr Slobodkina
Toys in the Attic
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10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Between Thought and Expression: Works from a Private American Collection
Esphyr Slobodkina
1908 - 2002
Toys in the Attic
signed Esphyr Slobodkina (lower right); also signed E. Slobodkina and dated 1944 (on the reverse)
oil on Masonite
17 1/2 by 21 1/2 in.
44.5 by 54.6 cm.
Executed circa 1939-44.
We wish to thank the Slobodkina Foundation for their assistance in researching this lot. This work is recorded in their archives as catalog number SF_1030.
Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York
Snyder Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above in 1998 by the present owner
Medford, Massachusetts, Tufts University, The Life and Art of Esphyr Slobodkina, 1992, no. 24
Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Intimates and Confidants in Art Husbands, Wives, Lovers and Friends, 1993
In a 1991 interview, the artist discussed a related sketch for the present work: “First of all, it’s almost all pink. That reminded me of childhood. And then it is sort of … standing on one leg, playful shapes. And a play was playing on Broadway at that time, Toys in the Attic, so I swiped the name because that came to my mind,” (Slobodkina Interview, March 26, 1991, Tape I, Side II).