Ben Shahn (1898-1969), American
PORTRAIT OF [ERNEST] HEMINGWAY, Ink and watercolour wash; signed lower right, titled and dated 1959 to gallery and exhibition labels verso
26.5" x 19" — 67.3 x 48.3 cm.
Provenance:
This work was commissioned by William Golden, Art Director of CBS in 1959; Passed to his wife, Cipe Pineles, art director, until 1991;
by descent
Exhibited:
The Downtown Gallery, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, Circulating Exhibition, museum number 61.2939, Box No. G-1
Literature:
William Golden, edited by Cipe Pineles, The Visual Craft of William Golden, reproduced on page 16.
Note:
William Golden commissiond the artist for two CBS programs about Ernest Hemingway which ran March 12 and March 19, 1959.
See illustration
Est. $7000/10000
PORTRAIT OF [ERNEST] HEMINGWAY, Ink and watercolour wash; signed lower right, titled and dated 1959 to gallery and exhibition labels verso
26.5" x 19" — 67.3 x 48.3 cm.
Provenance:
This work was commissioned by William Golden, Art Director of CBS in 1959; Passed to his wife, Cipe Pineles, art director, until 1991;
by descent
Exhibited:
The Downtown Gallery, New York;
The Museum of Modern Art, Circulating Exhibition, museum number 61.2939, Box No. G-1
Literature:
William Golden, edited by Cipe Pineles, The Visual Craft of William Golden, reproduced on page 16.
Note:
William Golden commissiond the artist for two CBS programs about Ernest Hemingway which ran March 12 and March 19, 1959.
See illustration
Est. $7000/10000
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International Art
4:00 PM PT - Jun 15th, 2005
offered by
Waddington's Auctioneers
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Toronto, M5V2R1
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