Lot 455
  • 455

Moses Soyer 1899-1974

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description

  • Moses Soyer
  • Portrait of Keene Wallis
  • signed M Soyer (upper right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 36 by 30 in.
  • 91.5 by 76.2 cm.
  • painted in 1962 (according to a label on the reverse)

Provenance

The Estate of the artist
Gift from the above to the present owner

Exhibited

St. Joseph, Missouri, Albrecht Gallery-Museum of Art, A Selection of Paintings, February-March 1971

Condition

overall good condition, canvas unline, surface moderately soiled, under UV light no apparent inpainting
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Catalogue Note

Keene Wallis was an author and translater, primarily of poetry and literature related to sexuality and eroticism.