Lot 60
  • 60

William S. Schwartz 1896 - 1977

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • William S. Schwartz
  • The Island of Illusions
  • signed William S. Schwartz and dated 1926 (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 33 5/8 by 54 1/8 inches
  • (85.4 by 137.8 cm)

Provenance

Estate of the artist, 1977
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1987 (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1987

Exhibited

Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, The Thirty-Second Annual Exhibition by Artists of Chicago and Vicinity, 1928, no. 214
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries; Grand Rapids, Michigan, Grand Rapids Art Museum; Springfield, Illinois, Illinois State Museum; Chicago, Illinois, State of Illinois Art Gallery, The Paintings, Drawings, and Lithographs of William S. Schwartz (1896-1977), November 1984-January 1986, no. 12, illustrated p. 22

Literature

Nickolas Matsoukas, “Chicago is Chicago in its Thirty-Second Exhibit at Art Institute,” The Daily Maroon, February 24, 1928