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Lot Description

Abraham Rattner

(American, 1895-1978)

Figure with Wings and Mask, 1950

oil on canvas

signed Rattner (lower right); signed and titled (verso)

50 1/2 x 37 1/2 inches.

Provenance:
The Downtown Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coltman, Pennsylvania
Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, New York (as Gargoyle in Flames)
Sold: Sotheby's, March 14, 1996, Lot 191 (as Gargoyle in Flames)
The Philip and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art, 1930 - 1970, Highland Park, Illinois

Exhibited:
New York, New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Four American Expressionists, January - March, 1959, no. 118 (this exhibition also traveled to Manchester, New Hampshire, Currier Gallery of Art, April 8 - May 10, 1959; Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, May 24 - June 30, 1959; Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Gallery of Art, July 15 - August 30, 1959; Dallas, Texas, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, November 22 - January 3, 1960)
White Plains, New York, Westchester Art Society Gallery, Third Annual Invited Artists' Show, January 24 - February 7, 1965
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Peale House Galleries, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Abraham Rattner, September 22, 1966 - October 30, 1966

Literature:
Noel S. Frackman, Outposts of Art: Of Painters and Sculptors, Patent Trader, Mt. Kisco, New York, Sunday, January 31, 1965, pp. 11

Condition Report

Framed: 62 x 48 inches.

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