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Lot 142:
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Set of Three Jack Levine Signed Etchings
Set of Three Jack Levine Signed Etchings. Larger Etching bares Gallery Label from George Krevsky Fine Art. "Tun Bridge Alley" Etching and aquatint, Pencil Signed Edition 6/70. Measures 11.5" x 8.75".
Middle Size: "Nymph and Warlock" , 1965 Etching with Drypoint, Pencil Signed Edition: Trial Proof. Plate Measures 10" x 8".
Smallest: "L’enlevements Des Sabines" Pencil Signed Artist Proof Etching. Plate Measures 3" x 3.75"
Levine was especially interested in the Old Masters at the Fogg Museum at Harvard. In 1935, he became a W.P.A. artist, using his experience growing up in a lower class neighborhood in his subject matter.
He developed a modern Social Realism while borrowing from the techniques of Rembrandt and El Greco, something he calls "Old Master Pudding." He also learned methods from satirists Honore Daumier, Francisco Goya, and George Grosz.
Levine’s technique was to apply slashing strokes of color in thin layers of oil and then glaze, making his surfaces sparkle. His lampoons of rich people were especially suited to this method because their skin glitters and seems to corrode with light.
Memberships include the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts
All measurements approx.
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