JOHN GRAHAM (1886-1961)

Lot 32
12.05.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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$ 100 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1425785
Lot 32 | JOHN GRAHAM (1886-1961)
Estimate value
$ 100 000 – 150 000
JOHN GRAHAM (1886-1961)
Head of a Woman
oil, chalk, ballpoint pen, colored pencil, graphite, brush pen and ink on tracing paper laid down on board
24 1/8 x 18 ¾ in. (61.3 x 47.6 cm.)
Executed in 1954.




Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Harris B. Steinberg, New York
Private collection, by descent from the above
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 15 November 1995, lot 2
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

J. R. Mellow, "John Graham: An Underground Realist," New York Times, 1 September 1968, p. D19 (illustrated).
A. H. Merjian, "John Graham," Frieze, October 2017, digital (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Museum of Modern Art, John D. Graham: Paintings and Drawings, August-October 1968, n.p., no. 19 (illustrated).
Water Mill, Parrish Art Museum, John Graham: Maverick Modernist, May-July 2017, pp. 109, 133 and 175, pl. 61 (illustrated).
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