May 22, 2007 11:00 EST
Modern & Contemporary and European & American Art
1162
Adolph Gottlieb
Adolph Gottlieb
American, 1903-1974
Pictograph, 1942
Signed A. Gottlieb and dated 1942 (lr)
Oil on artists board
29 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches (74.3 x 59.1 cm)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by Marcella Diamond Tow
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature:
The Tiger's Eye, no. 3, March 1948, illus., p. 100
'The Tiger's Eye,' The Art of a Magazine, Yale University Art Museum. New Haven, 2002, illus. p. 42
Sold for $118,750
Estimated at $60,000 - $80,000
Includes Buyer's Premium
Adolph Gottlieb
American, 1903-1974
Pictograph, 1942
Signed A. Gottlieb and dated 1942 (lr)
Oil on artists board
29 1/4 x 23 1/4 inches (74.3 x 59.1 cm)
Provenance:
Acquired directly from the artist by Marcella Diamond Tow
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature:
The Tiger's Eye, no. 3, March 1948, illus., p. 100
'The Tiger's Eye,' The Art of a Magazine, Yale University Art Museum. New Haven, 2002, illus. p. 42
Minor wear along the edges. 1'' area of two scratches just in from the lower center right edge. There is a 1/4'' area of loss at the upper left corner. The artists board has been laid to stretchers and taped along edges, and pigment from an incomplete painting is present on the reverse side. The board is a composite material approximately 1/4" thick with a paper surface.
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Auction: Modern & Contemporary and European & American Art, May 22, 2007
