Saul Kovner Beach Landscape Signed Watercolor Art 1930s

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Saul Kovner Beach Landscape Signed Watercolor Art 1930s
Description: Watercolor on paper, unframed. Signed and dated lower left: "Saul 36". Pencil verso: "Saul/NYC belongs to MJG". Pen verso: 22 1/2 x 15 3/8 W/C untitled Beach Scene". Acquired from the estate of Alan and Mary Gruskin, founder and director of Midtown Galleries, NYC. Dimensions: Paper: 15 1/4 x 22 1/2in. Weight: 1oz. (Box G) Condition: There is slight darkening to the paper throughout. All four edges of the paper are slightly creased with a few very minor tears. Several small areas of tape residue along all four edges recto and verso from previous mounting. There are a few small areas of staining throughout the work, more significant to the underside of the painting. Otherwise, good condition overall. Artist's Biography:
Saul Kovner (RUSSIAN/AMERICAN, 1904-1982). Russian-born Saul Kovner typically dropped his surname when signing prints. During the 1920s and 1930s, following his early training at the Pratt Institute and National Academy of Design, he maintained a studio near Central Park, taught art classes, and created paintings, prints, and drawings of the city streets and their denizens.

Studied: National Academy of Design; Ivan Olinsky; Charles Hawthorne; William Auerbach-Levy.

Exhibited: Salons of America; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Annual, 1932 (gold)-1934, 1938; Society of Independent Artists, 1934; Morton Gallery, 1943; Chabot Art Gallery, Los Angeles, 1949 (solo); Bullocks, Pasadena, 1950 (solo); Glendale Public Library, 1950 (solo).

Member: Society of American Graphic Artists; Artists Equity Association; Los Angeles Art Association.

Work: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Montpelier (VT) Museum of Art; Library of Congress; Brooklyn College; State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; East New York High School; Princeton University. [Sources: www.loc.gov and "Who Was Who in American Art"]

Status: For Sale	Reference#: _60350891338
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