LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

45.00 in. (114.30 cm.) (height) by 39.49 in. (100.30 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed George Luks, l.r.

Exhibited:

New York, C.W. Kraushaar Art Galleries, Paintings and Watercolors by George Luks, January-February 1918, no. 2 (as Lily) Newark, New Jersey, Newark Museum, The Work of George Benjamin Luks, 1934, no. 23, illustrated p. 45 (as Lil) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Artist of the Philadelphia Press, October-November 1945, no. 23 (as Lil) Utica, New York, Munson-Williams Proctor Institute, George Luks, 1866-1933: An Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings Dating from 1889-1931, April-May 1973, no. 37, illustrated p. 29 (as Lil) New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, American Art from the Gallery's Collection, October 1980, no. 73, p. 88, illustrated.

Literature:

"Art Notes," New York Times, January 18, 1918, p. 8, col. 8 Helen Appleton Read, "Luks at Kraushaar," Brooklyn Eagle, January 20, 1918, p. 8, col. 2 "Oils and Water Colors by George Luks," American Art News, January 26, 1918, no. XVI, no. 16, p. 2 "'Lily' by George Luks," New York Times, January 27, 1918, Rotogravure Picture Section, sect. 9 "George Luks Exhibition," American Art News, February 9, 1918, v. XVI, no. 18, p. 8 "Notes of the Studios and Galleries," Arts and Decoration, vol. 8, February 1918, p. 167 "George Luks," The Index of Twentieth Century Artists, vol. I, New York, 1934 (1970 reprint), no. 7, p. 102 50 Recent Acquisitions, Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, 1990, p. 66, illustrated p. 67.

Provenance:

Charles A. Whelan, New York Mrs. Clara DuPlessis Whelan, New York (his daughter; sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, November 7, 1946, lot 106) Acquavella Galleries, New York (acquired at the above sale) Sydney M. Rogers, New York Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York Roy J. Carver (sold: Sotheby's, New York, December 10, 1981, lot 65, illustrated) Private Collection, Pompano Beach, Florida, until 1983 (acquired at the above sale) Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York Acquired from the above, 1990.