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STANLEY MELTZOFF Birth of Autumn.
Oil on gessoed panel, circa 1960. 695x1215 mm; 27 1/447 3/4 inches. Signed and titled in ink, verso.
Provenance: Estate of the artist.
This work was inspired by Sandro Botticelli's Primavera, which Meltzoff (1917-2006) saw while in Italy during World War II. It depicts the cycle of life, including its highs and lows and birth and death. Meltzoff depicted himself laying on the forest floor being tended to by his wife.
