Lot 100
  • 100

Mané-Katz

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Mané-Katz
  • Portrait of a Young Boy
  • signed Mané-Katz and dated 35 (lower left)
  • oil on canvas
  • 21 5/8 by 13 in.
  • 54.9 by 33 cm.

Provenance

M. Gallepe, Monte-Carlo
Sale: Christie's, Tel Aviv, September 25, 1994, lot 22
Acquired at the above sale by the present owners

Literature

Robert S. Aries, Mané-Katz, The Complete Works, vol. I, London, 1970, no. 210, illustrated p. 63

Condition

Oil on unlined canvas. The picture surface is in generally good condition aside from some small scattered areas of stable craquelure. Under UV light, the area of glaze to upper left of the sitter's head fluoresces. There are no apparent signs of inpainting visible.
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