Property from the Collection of Esther Shaver, Beaufort, SC
Description:
Moses Soyer (NY, 1899-1974), Resting Dancers, Lithograph, pencil signed lower right, inscribed 'Artist Proof' lower left., matted and framed. Frame size: 27 1/2 in. x 31 3/4 in.
Moses Soyer’s work has been exhibited at many major art institutions including the Carnegie Institute, and the Pennsylvania Museum of Fine Arts and is included in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Soyer is also the author of Painting the Human Figure, which was published in 1964. Moses Soyer was a Jewish Russian-American painter and printmaker. He was born in Borisoglebsk, Russia on December 25, 1899 to a large, impoverished Jewish family. Soyer’s father was a Hebrew teacher and writer and encouraged his children to explore artistic and intellectual pursuits. Moses’s twin, Raphael Soyer, and younger brother, Isaac, also became successful artists. (Jewishvirtuallibrary.org)
Measurements: Height: of sheet 19 3/4 in. x Width: 24 in.
Condition:
Good condition, not viewed out of frame.
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