Abraham Walkowitz
Raphael Soyer
American Art
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1940
DIMENSIONS
frame: 19 1/4 × 15 1/4 × 1 7/8 in. (48.9 × 38.7 × 4.8 cm)
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INSCRIPTIONS
Inscribed upper right: "TO WALKOWITZ / A PIONEER OF MODERN / ART IN THIS / COUNTRY / WITH / ADMIRATION / RAPHAEL / SOYER / 1940"
ACCESSION NUMBER
44.66
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Abraham Walkowitz
PROVENANCE
Prior to 1944, provenance not yet documented; before 1944, acquired, probably from the artist, by Abraham Walkowitz of Brooklyn, NY; March 8, 1944, gift of Abraham Walkowitz to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION
Raphael Soyer (American, born Russia, 1899–1987). Abraham Walkowitz, 1940. Oil on canvas, frame: 19 1/4 × 15 1/4 × 1 7/8 in. (48.9 × 38.7 × 4.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Abraham Walkowitz, 44.66. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 44.66_transp3344.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 44.66_transp3344.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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