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White Abstraction
White Abstraction

White Abstraction

Artist (Russian | American, 1907 - 1981)
Dateca. 1935
Geographic OriginUnited States of America
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: H 25 x W 28 3/4 in. (H 63.5 x W 73 cm)
Image: H 18 5/8 x W 22 3/8 in. (H 47.3 x W 56.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Jerry Leiber, 1981
Object number81.413
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Object NamePainting
Title Details
Primary Title White Abstraction
Inscriptionsrecto: u.l. black paint "Ilya Bolotowsky"; back of frame: u.c. blue ink "SID-420-GOLD RHB"Marks and Labels/Stampsbacking: u.c. The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, Painting a Place in America: Jewish Artists in New York, 1900-1945; stretcher: u.l. printed and typed gum label "SID DEUTSCH GALLERY / 43 East 80th Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 / [212] 861-4429 ARTIST Ilya Bolotowsky A752 / TITLE WHITE ABSTRACTION / Date c/1935 Size 18 1/2 x 20 1/2 Medium o/c"; stretcher l.l. printed and hand-written gum label "EAGLE TRANSFER CORP. / REF NO. / A-1231/A / ITEM NO. / #27"Provenancethe artist to his wife, Esphyr Slobodkina [probably c. 1937]; with Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York [by 1980]; to donor, Jerry LeiberExhibition History"American Abstract Artists: The Early Years," Sid Deutsch Gallery, New York, NY (March 1980 - April 1981); travelled to: Telfair Academy, Savannah, GA; Cummer GAllery, Jacksonville, FL; Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga, TN; Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC; Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama; University of Virginia Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ
"Ilya Bolotowsky and Esphyr Slobodkina: Advocates of Abstract Art", Hillwood Art Museum, Brookville, NY, 9/8 - 11/22/2008

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