Jan 25, 2024 - Sale 2657

Sale 2657 - Lot 108

Price Realized: $ 438
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 900

ESPHYR SLOBODKINA (1908-2002)


Ferdinand and Isabella Seeing Columbus.
Pencil on illustration board. 90x406 mm; 7½x16 inches.

Provenance: The artist; The Slobodkina Foundation. This work is recorded in the Slobodkina Foundation's archives as number SF0221.

Slobodkina's time in the employ of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration (FAP)(WPA) began in 1936, serving as an assistant to Hananiah Harari in the mural division. There is no record she nor Harari were awarded any mural projects.