Jan 30, 2025 - Sale 2692

Sale 2692 - Lot 133

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

ISAAC FRIEDLANDER (1890 - 1968)


i) Man in a Storm, and ii)
Untitled, iii)
White Elm, (Three works).
i) Man in a Storm. Woodcut on cream paper, 1934. 190x140 mm; 7½x5½ inches. Signed dated in pencil, lower margin.
ii) Untitled. Etching on cream paper, 1942. 254x343 mm; 10x13½ inches, full margins. Signed, dated and dedicated lower margin.
iii) White Elm. Woodcut on cream paper. 127x82 mm; 5x3¼ inches, full margins. Signed and titled in pencil, lower margin.

Additional Details

Friedlander was born in Latvia. In 1912, he went to Italy where he met and worked with the Russian artist Maxim Gorky. During this period he also received his only art training, studying etching, drawing and relief printing at the Academy of Rome. In 1937, he emigrated to New York where he worked full time as an artist until his death. He is best known for his woodcuts and etchings, many of which are embued with a sharp social commentary reflecting the despair of the WPA era. His work is in many major American museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, and the Brooklyn Museum, New York.