Jack Levine (American, 1915-2010). Tombstone Cutter, 1947. Oil on canvas. 36 x 30 inches (91.4 x 76.2 cm). Signed lower ...

Description

Jack Levine (American, 1915-2010)
Tombstone Cutter, 1947
Oil on canvas
36 x 30 inches (91.4 x 76.2 cm)
Signed lower right: JLevine

PROVENANCE:
The Downtown Gallery, New York;
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Flieschman, Detroit, Michigan;
Jacob Schulman, New York;
Sotheby's, New York;
Midtown Galleries, New York;
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

EXHIBITED:
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, November 1947;
The Downtown Gallery, New York, "Jack Levine," May 1948;
Boris Mirsky Gallery, Boston, January 1950;
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, "Expressionism in American Painting," May 1952;
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, n.d.;
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, "Jack Levine," 1955;
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan, "The Fleischman Collection," March 1960;
The American Federation of Arts, New York, "Jack Levine Retrospective," September 5-November 5, 1960;
The Jewish Museum, New York, "Jewish Experience in the Art of the Twentieth Century," October 14, 1976-January 1, 1976, no. 137.
DeCordova and Dana Museum and Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, "Expressionism in Boston: 1945-1985," June 14-September 7, 1986;
Hebrew College, Brookline, Massachusetts, "Profound Testimony: The Jewish Heritage of Jack Levine," November 1987;
Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes Plasticas, Mexico, "Segunda Benial InterAmericana," n.d.

LITERATURE:
F. Getlein, Jack Levine, New York, 1966, pl 35, illustrated;
J. Levine, Jack Levine, New York, 1989.


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