KL 149

Artist Kurt Lewy (German, 1898 - 1963)

Date1956

Geographic OriginBelgium

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsFramed: H 36 7/8 x W 29 1/4 in. (H 93.7 x W 74.3 cm)
Image: H 36 1/4 x W 28 1/2 in. (H 92.1 x W 72.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Kurt Lewy and Doris Meltzer, 1968

Object number68.154

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Object NamePainting

Title Details

Artist title KL 149

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. brown ink "KL 56"; verso: u.l. black ink "Kurt Lewy / Jan.56 73 x 91"; stretcher: u.c. graphite " [partially covered by label] [ . . . illegible] ERIE GREUZE / [. . . illegible] DE PEINTURE ABSTRA [ . . . illegible] [ ... illegible] 12 JUIN 1957"; stretcher: c.l. graphite and black ink "LEWY. 59. Av. Roger Vandendries / sche"; stretcher: c. graphite "BRUXELLES - WOLUWE - ST. PIERR [. . . illegible]"Marks and Labels/Stampsstretcher: u.l. label "MELTZER / GALLERY"; u.l. label "ARTIST KURT LEWY / TITLE KL 149 DATE 1956 / MEDIUM oil on canvas"; stretcher: c.r. La Continental label (ripped and illegible)

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