BEN ZION (1897 1987) Praying

Sale 2692 - Lot 227

Price Realized: $ 3,000

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Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500

BEN ZION (1897 - 1987)

Praying.
Oil on canvas. 1570x806 mm; 61¾x31¼ inches. Signed lower right.

Provenance
Private collection.

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One benefit of the New Deal's artist's work programs that is often not emphasized is the comradery created in such a setting. The group shows, print workshops, and large scale easel projects allowed artists to work together, socialize, and exchange ideas. The Ten was a group of progressive thinking artists that banded together to find strength in numbers so that they could express themselves freely through their art work and exhibit their works on their own terms. Ben-Zion, Ilya Bolotowsky, Adolph Gottlieb, Louis Harris, Yankel Kufeld, Mark Rothko, Louis Schanker, Joseph Solman, and Nahum Tschacbasov were the original members of this important American artist's collective. After Kufeld and Tschacbasov dropped out of the group Earl Kerkam and Ralph Rosenborg joined.