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Photograph by Jim McLaughlin
Untitled
Photograph by Jim McLaughlin
Estate represented by Zabriskie Gallery, New York (info@zabriskiegallery.com)

Untitled

Artist Abraham Walkowitz American (b. Russia), 1878 - 1965
Date1913
MediumGraphite, wove paper
DimensionsSight: 12 1/4 x 7 11/16 in. (31.1 x 19.5 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 21 7/8 x 17 1/4 x 1 in. (55.6 x 43.8 x 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsDrawings
Credit LineDonated by Stephen J. Sills, M.D. in loving memory of his wife Nancy Mintz Sills.
Object number2008.3.15
On View
Not on view
Collections
  • Modern and Contemporary Art
  • Works on Paper
SignedSigned across the bottom center of the drawing, in pencil, cursive: "A. Walkowitz 1913"
MarkingsCypher of artist's intials "AW" in a circle in lower center right is more than 1 1/4" in diameter and has become part of the design. Printed label on back: "LIDO GALLERIES/28 CURLEYST. LONG BEACH, N.Y./PHONES: GE. 1-4013, GE .2-2334." [Removed to mylar sleeve and placed in object file before 7/17/09.] Long Beach NY is on the south side of the west end of Long Island.
DescriptionEntwined, overlapping tapered leaf-like shapes, arcing around a central thin vertical triangle. the whole creating a sense of movement and repetition related to dance and that may be associated with Walkowitz's interest in the dancer Isadora Duncan which began ca. 1907.

The artist's large cypher "W" in a circle, at the bottom center right, is part of the overall design.

Modern frame (probably 1950's) beveled wood with gold-colored finish on the outer bevel and black on the interior reverse-beveled liner. Black mat.Exhibition History"Director's Choice: Focus on Modernism," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, April 5, 2008 - Sept. 14, 2008.

"What's New? Recent Acquisitions 2008-2010", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, March 3 - May 29, 2011.

"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013ProvenanceLido Galleries, New York, NY; Collection of Sam Mintz, Great Neck, NY; Stephen and Nancy Mintz Sills, Guilderland, NY; Stephen Sills, Guilderland, NY, 2002; The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, 2008.