lawrence kupferman
Street Life New York - Haunting Faces Windows Expressionism Mid-Century, 1946
Watercolor, wash and pen and ink on heavy wove paper
24 1/2 × 18 × 1 in / 62.2 × 45.7 × 2.5 cm
$ 12,500.00
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Mid-century artist Lawrence Kupferman paints a madly eerie New York street scene. An exaggerated upward view of two 19th-century walk-ups is split by a forced perspective of a downward view...
Mid-century artist Lawrence Kupferman paints a madly eerie New York street scene. An exaggerated upward view of two 19th-century walk-ups is split by a forced perspective of a downward view of a street that leads to deeper space. Almost every window and doorway is populated with a haunting caricature face or figure staring out at the viewer and conveying a sense of urban isolation. The work is characterized by deliberate crudeness reminiscent of George Grosz, the New Objectivity art movement, and social realists such as Ben Shahn and William Gropper. The more one looks at the work. the more it energizes ones desire to look at it more. br Watercolor, wash and pen and ink on heavy wove paper, 1946. 615x460 mm; 241x18 inches. Signed in ink, lower right recto. Signed, dated and titled in ink, lower margin verso. In good condition. Framed under glass. Provenance: Swann Galleries, March 2, 2004, Lot 328