Lot 146
  • 146

David Davidovich Burliuk 1882-1967

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • David Davidovich Burliuk
  • Long Island Landscape
  • signed Burliuk and dated 1959 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 12 by 16 in.
  • 30.5 by 40.6 cm.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Moshe Dluznowsky
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Canvas not lined. Overall good condition. Soiling to surface. Craquelure center left. Under UV: no apparent inpainting, some active pigments in pink strokes of sky.
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Catalogue Note

Moshe Dluznowsky, the Yiddish writer, lived in France between the wars and came to New York in 1941.  Both in Europe and in the United States, he was at the center of a group of well known  Jewish writers and artists.  His novels, essays and art criticism appeared in Yiddish journals world-wide, including The Forward in New York. Please also see Arbit Blatas Lot 68 from the same collection.