Lot 30
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ADLER, JANKEL | King David

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Adler, Jankel
  • King David
  • signed Adler (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 49 3/4 by 32 in.
  • 126.4 by 81.3 cm
  • Painted circa 1948.

Provenance

Galerie Chalette, NY
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1959)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Literature

Nechama Guralnik, Ulrich Krempel, Yenina Landovska, eds., Jankel Adler, Tel Aviv, 1985, p. 141, illustrated

Condition

The canvas is lined, surface is in very good condition, with broad craquelure in blue, red and white sections, one or two cracks in purple. These appear stable. There is some surface dirt. When viewed under UV, scattered minor areas of fluorescence, top left corner along the edge, near the figures ear, and along some of the secured cracks.
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