LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

39.53 in. (100.40 cm.) (height) by 25.59 in. (65.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Adler 27' (upper left); signed again, titled and inscribed 'Jankel Adler "Artist" Düsseldorf List str 26' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

London, The Barbican Art Gallery, Chagall to Kitaj, Jewish Experience in 20th Century Art, October 1990-January 1991, p. 47, no. 9 (illustrated, fig. 34). Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; The Tel Aviv Museum and Lódz, Muzeum Sztuki, Jankel Adler, November 1985-April 1986, p. 144, no. 16 (illustrated in color on the cover and p. 69).

Literature:

"Picasso in Yiddish," Bamahane, 8 January 1986 (illustrated).

Provenance:

Brook Street Gallery, London. The Collector's Gallery, Inc., London (acquired from the above). Private collection, London. Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1970s.