Jan 25, 2024 - Sale 2657

Sale 2657 - Lot 6

Price Realized: $ 4,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

RAPHAEL SOYER (1899-1987)


Springtime.
Lithograph on cream wove paper, 1938. 355x4385 mm; 14x17¼ inches, full margins. Edition of 25. Signed in pencil, lower margin.
Together with The Mission and Bowery Nocturne of 1933, Springtime is one of three large format lithographs in which Soyer powerfully portrayed Depression-era scenes of New York City life. Although executed in the studio, it depicts Washington Square Park, a scarce and important item in Soyer's graphic oeuvre. Cole 56.