LOUIS SCHANKER (1903 1981) Collage

Sale 2692 - Lot 87

Price Realized: $ 469

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Estimate: $ 700 - $ 900

LOUIS SCHANKER (1903 - 1981)

Collage.
Acrylic and collage on board, 1972. 500x762 mm; 19¾x30 inches. Signed and dated lower left. Stamped with the artist's estate stamp, verso.

Provenance
Private collection, New York

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Schanker worked as an artist and supervisor for the New York Works Progress Administration. Most notably, he painted several public murals for the WPA's Federal Art Project, including those at the Neponsit Beach Children's Hospital, the Municipal Broadcasting Station (WNYC Studio) in New York, and for the Hall of Medicine and Public Health Building at the 1939 New York World's Fair.