May 18, 2023 - Sale 2637

Sale 2637 - Lot 178

Price Realized: $ 1,170
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

LEWITT-HIM (JAN LEWITT, 1907-1991 & JERZY HIM, 1900-1981)

THE VEGETABULL. 1943.


29 1/2x19 1/2 inches, 75x49 1/2 cm. Thos. Forman & Sons Ltd., Nottingham.
Condition B+: minor tears and creases at edges and corners; minor skinning and adhesive stains on corners on verso. Paper.

Lewitt and Him were both born in Poland and met as young graphic designers. In 1933, they founded the Lewitt-Him studio and later immigrated to England in 1937. Deeply inspired by Surrealist painting, their work often played with words and images. MoMA 3.1947.