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Tycoon
Details
WILLIAM GROPPER (1897-1977)
Tycoon
signed 'GROPPER' (lower right); inscribed 'Tycoon' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Tycoon
signed 'GROPPER' (lower right); inscribed 'Tycoon' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Painted in 1954
Provenance
ACA Galleries, New York.
Harding Willinger, New Rochelle.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 27 May 1992, lot 121.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Harding Willinger, New Rochelle.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby’s, New York, 27 May 1992, lot 121.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners.
Literature
L. Lozowick, William Gropper, Philadelphia, 1983, p. 136 (illustrated; illustrated again on the cover).
Exhibited
Turin, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, William Gropper, October 1964, no. 1 (titled ‘L’uomo arrivato’).
Los Angeles, Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami, William Gropper: Retrospective, February - March 1968, no. 71, p. 8 (illustrated p. 96).
Los Angeles, Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery, University of Miami, William Gropper: Retrospective, February - March 1968, no. 71, p. 8 (illustrated p. 96).
Special Notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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