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AUCTION 59 | Thursday, June 20th, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art

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Lot 186

GROPPER, WILLIAM.

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Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Framed. 25.5 x 20.5 inches.

American, c. 1940:

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,800

Social realist painter and political cartoonist William Gropper (1897-1977) was the child of Jewish immigrants from Romania and the Ukraine. Gropper’s work was influenced by Cubism as seen in the sharp angles, prismatic effects of color and disregard for realism in the present piece. Provenance: Christie’s New York, House Sale, 5th September, 2007, lot 158.