Feb 16, 2023 - Sale 2626

Sale 2626 - Lot 183

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800

RAPHAEL SOYER (1899-1987)


The Tailor.
Pencil on paper, c. 1949. Signed, Raphael Soyer, lower right. 432x356 mm; 17x14 inches.

Provenance: Christie's, NY, May 26, 1988, lot 342; Forum Gallery, NY. This is a study for the painting of the same name which is illustrated in Lloyd Goodrich's book, Raphael Soyer, p.124; and Forum Gallery's publication that accompanied an exhibition, Raphael Soyer: Finding America, January 28 - March 5, 2005.