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La Strega (Forever Yours)
Details
John Graham (1881-1961)
La Strega (Forever Yours)
oil, charcoal, and graphite on canvas
24 x 19¾ in. (60.9 x 50.1 cm.)
Painted in 1952.
La Strega (Forever Yours)
oil, charcoal, and graphite on canvas
24 x 19¾ in. (60.9 x 50.1 cm.)
Painted in 1952.
Provenance
Gallery Mayer, New York
World House Galleries, New York
Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles
Frederick R. Weisman Family Collection, Los Angeles
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 9 November 1979, lot 18
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner, 1979
World House Galleries, New York
Everett Ellin Gallery, Los Angeles
Frederick R. Weisman Family Collection, Los Angeles
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 9 November 1979, lot 18
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner, 1979
Literature
J. Graham, Systems and Dialectics in Art, ed. M. Attentuck, Baltimore and London, 1971, p. 51 (illustrated).
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia; Iowa, Grinnel College; Alabama, Auburn University; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; San Antonio, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute; Seattle, Henry Gallery, University of Washington; The Art Institute of Chicago, and Hanover, New Hampshire, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, John D. Graham: Painting and Sculpture, August 1968-February 1970.
Chicago, David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, John Graham: Artist and Avatar, April-June 1988.
Chicago, David and Alfred Smart Gallery, University of Chicago, John Graham: Artist and Avatar, April-June 1988.
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