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Larry Rivers (1923-2002). Portrait of an Artist (Howard Kanovitz), 1960. Oil on canvas laid on panel. 21 x 19 inches (53...
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Larry Rivers (1923-2002)Portrait of an Artist (Howard Kanovitz), 1960
Oil on canvas laid on panel
21 x 19 inches (53.3 x 48.3 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Rivers '60
PROVENANCE:
Holland Goldowsky Gallery, Chicago, Illinois;
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York (label verso);
Collection of Arthur Paul and Suzanne Seed, Chicago, Illinois.
NOTE:
We would like to thank David Joel from the Larry Rivers Foundation for his cataloging assistance. Mr. Joel points out that "Howard Kanovitz and Larry Rivers were good friends for many years. In the 80s Howard played trombone in Larry's East 13th Street band. Many of the portraits that Larry made were of his friends and family, and Howard was certainly a close friend. As an artist who initially aligned himself with the Abstract Expressionists, Kanovitz ultimately felt stifled and in the early 60s broke off from Ab Ex, becoming a pioneer of Photo-realism. Rivers' portrait of Kanovitz emerging from an abstract field done in 1960 is both a fitting tribute to his friend and an acknowledgement of Kanovitz's burgeoning interest in the recognizable."
More information about Larry Rivers, also known as Rivers, Larry, Grossberg, Yitzroch Loiza, Larry Rivers, Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg.
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