Property from the Estate of Judie Weiss Formerly in the Collection of Moses Weiss, NYC(NY, 1899-1987), Waitresses, Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, depicting two women cleaning tables in front of two windows. Frame size: 25 1/4 in. x 21 1/4 in. Size of stretcher: H. 19 7/8 in. x W. 16 in.
Raphael Soyer was a Russian-born American artist known for his Social-Realist paintings of daily life in New York. His painterly yet detailed descriptions of people and places, make him among the most important American scene painters of his generation. He showed at institutions such as the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Soyer died on November 4, 1987 in New York, NY. Today, his works are included in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. (artnet.com)