LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.49 in. (100.30 cm.) (height) by 31.73 in. (80.60 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed in Hebrew and dated 6-7.XII 77 (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings, 1978, p. 10, no. 14, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Edinburgh, 57 Gallery, Avigdor Arikha – Paintings Drawings Watercolours, 1978 Washington, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Modern Painters Series: Avigdor Arikha, June 15-August 26, 1979, no. 17, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue New York, Marlborough Gallery, Paintings, Watercolours and Drawings, 1980, no. 1, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue Jerusalem, Israel Museum, Avigdor Arikha Selected Paintings 1933-1997, 20 November 1998- 20 February 1999 and then to Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, 13 March - 9 May 1999, p. 43, no. 16, illustrated in color in the Israel Museum exhibition catalogue.

Literature:

The New Republic, 20 Nov. 1980, (cover illustration) Beckett et al, Arikha, London, 1985, no. 55.

Provenance:

Marlborough Gallery, New York Charles Bronfman Collection.