Nov 15, 2012 - Sale 2294

Sale 2294 - Lot 58

Price Realized: $ 7,800
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
SAUL KOVNER
5th Ave. Plaza, N.Y.

Oil on canvas, 1948. 640x535 mm; 25 1/4x21 inches. Signed, dated and titled in oil, lower center recto.

Russian born Kovner (1904-1981) settled in New York in the 1920s and studied at the Pratt Institute and National Academy of Design. He was active as a WPA artist and later had a studio in New York near Central Park, close to the sight of the current work.