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Property from a Private American Collection
NORMAN LEWIS (1909-1979)
Just Firmament
Details
NORMAN LEWIS (1909-1979)
Just Firmament
signed and dated 'Norman Lewis -51' (lower left); signed again and titled '"JUST FIRMAMENT" LEWIS' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
43 ½ x 60 in. (109.5 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1951.
Just Firmament
signed and dated 'Norman Lewis -51' (lower left); signed again and titled '"JUST FIRMAMENT" LEWIS' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
43 ½ x 60 in. (109.5 x 152.4 cm.)
Painted in 1951.
Provenance
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2017
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 2017
Literature
C. Lagnado, "Two Outsiders Come In ‘From The Margins’," Jewish Telegraphic Agency, 16 September 2014, digital.
A. Campbell, "Norman Lewis: Linearity, Pedagogy, and Politics in his Abstract Expressionism, 1946-1964," in Center 37, Washington, D.C., 2017, pp. 70-71.
A. Campbell, "Norman Lewis: Linearity, Pedagogy, and Politics in his Abstract Expressionism, 1946-1964," in Center 37, Washington, D.C., 2017, pp. 70-71.
Exhibited
New York, The Jewish Museum, From the Margins: Lee Krasner and Norman Lewis, 1945-1952, September 2014-February 2015, p. 22 (illustrated).
New York, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Norman Lewis: A Selection of Paintings and Drawings, January-March 2016.
New York, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Norman Lewis: A Selection of Paintings and Drawings, January-March 2016.
Presentado por
Michael Baptist
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