AUGUST MOSCA (1909-2003)
AUGUST MOSCA (1909-2003)
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Modern American Masterworks from the Ted Shen Collection
AUGUST MOSCA (1909-2003)

Under the Brooklyn Bridge

Details
AUGUST MOSCA (1909-2003)
Under the Brooklyn Bridge
signed and dated 'August Mosca/1945' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 24 in. (76.2 x 60.9 cm.)
Painted in 1945.
Provenance
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York.
Private collection.
David Findlay, Jr., Inc., New York.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1995.

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Lot Essay

After immigrating to the United States from Naples, Italy, August Mosca studied at the Yale School of Art, the Pratt Institute, the Grand Central School and the Art Students League in New York City. He is known primarily for his modernist depictions of New York which he began producing in the late 1930s at the encouragement of Joseph Stella, whose influence can be seen in works such as Under the Brooklyn Bridge. An award winning artist in his lifetime, his work was shown in many solo exhibitions including a 50 year retrospective hosted by Grand Central Art Galleries in 1990.

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