ID 949346
Lot 12 | NORMAN LEWIS (1909-1979)
Estimate value
$ 600 000 – 800 000
Orpheus
signed and dated 'NORMAN LEWIS-53' (lower right); titled 'ORPHESUS [sic]' (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
29 3/4 x 50 in. (75.6 x 127 cm.)
Painted in 1953.
Provenance
Estate of Norman Lewis
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York, 2018
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis, exh. cat., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 2015, p. 62.
Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963-2017, exh. cat., Baltimore Museum of Art, 2018, p. 47.
R. Smith, "Last Chance," The New York Times, January 2019, p. 26.
Exhibited
The Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York, Norman Lewis: A Retrospective, October-November 1976, n.p., no. 36 (illustrated).
New York, Studio Museum in Harlem, Norman Lewis: Black Paintings, 1946-1977, April-September 1998, pp. 28 and 117, no. 34 and 49 (illustrated).
New York, Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, Norman Lewis: Looking East, November 2018-January 2019, pp. 6, 18, 45 and 117 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Norman Lewis (1909 - 1979) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Norman Lewis (1909 - 1979) |
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| Art style: | Post War Art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
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