Jun 04, 2015 - Sale 2386

Sale 2386 - Lot 204

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
ABRAHAM RATTNER
Untitled.

Oil on canvas. 505x404 mm; 19 7/8x15 7/8 inches. Inscribed by another hand (the artist's wife?) "Johnnie Krug-- Thank you for supporting your local unit, Esther & Abe" in pencil, verso.

With-- Portrait of John and Gus, 1971, pencil on cream wove paper, 1971. Initialed, dated and dedicated in pencil, upper right recto * Postcard from the Rattners in Ein Hod, Israel, addressed to John Krug and his partner Otto Fenn, signed by the artist's wife and dated "Apr 26/76" * Lithograph after Rattner. Various sizes and conditions.

Gift of the artist to John Krug, Sag Harbor, NY; thence by descent. Rattner's studio on Madison Street in Sag Harbor was close to Krug's antiques shop.