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The City
Details
Abraham Walkowitz (1878-1965)
The City
signed and dated 'A. Walkowitz/1911' (lower right)
pencil and crayon on paper
12 ½ x 8 in. (31.6 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1911.
The City
signed and dated 'A. Walkowitz/1911' (lower right)
pencil and crayon on paper
12 ½ x 8 in. (31.6 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1911.
Provenance
Reader's Digest Association, Pleasantville, New York.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1984.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1985.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above, 1984.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1985.
Literature
Archives of American Art, Whitney Museum Artist Files: Abraham Walkowitz, roll MY 59-15, frame 265.
A. Walkowitz, Improvisations of New York: A Symphony in Lines, Girard, Kansas, 1948, n.p., illustrated.
A. Walkowitz, Improvisations of New York: A Symphony in Lines, Girard, Kansas, 1948, n.p., illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Buildings: Architecture and American Modernism, October 29-November 29, 1980, p. 88, no. 92, illustrated.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Town and Country 1889-1949: An Exhibition from the Galleries' Collection, February 23-March 30, 1985.
St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Art Museum; Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, The Ebsworth Collection: American Modernism, 1911-1947, November 20, 1987-June 5, 1988, pp. 188-89, 222, no. 72, illustrated.
St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Art Museum, American Prints and Drawings from Saint Louis Collections, 1820-1913, June 27-October 19, 2003.
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., Town and Country 1889-1949: An Exhibition from the Galleries' Collection, February 23-March 30, 1985.
St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Art Museum; Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, The Ebsworth Collection: American Modernism, 1911-1947, November 20, 1987-June 5, 1988, pp. 188-89, 222, no. 72, illustrated.
St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Art Museum, American Prints and Drawings from Saint Louis Collections, 1820-1913, June 27-October 19, 2003.
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