93 - ABRAHAM WALKOWITZ (RUSSIAN-AMERICAN 1878-1965)

ABRAHAM WALKOWITZ (RUSSIAN-AMERICAN 1878-1965) Fishermen, 1926 oil on canvas 71.1 x 101.6 cm (28 x 40 in.) framed dimensions: 74.1 x 104.8 cm (29 3/16 x 41 1/4 in.) signed lower right in pencil PROVENANCE ACA Gallery, New York (label on verso, as "Painting #Three") Zabriskie Gallery, New York (label on verso) EXHIBITED Provincetown, Massachusetts, Provincetown Art Association, Golden Anniversary Exhibition, 1964 (label on verso) New York, American Federation of Arts, Fifty Years of American Art from the Provincetown Golden Anniversary, traveling exhibition, November 1964–November 1965, no. 41, lent by Zabriskie Gallery (label on verso) LOT NOTES Born in Tyumen, Siberia, Abraham Walkowitz grew up on New York's Lower East Side and studied at the Académie Julian in Paris. There he met Isadora Duncan, who became a lifelong subject. By 1912 he was part of Alfred Stieglitz's circle at the 291 gallery, alongside Marin, Hartley and Dove, and he showed in the landmark 1913 Armory Show. In this monumental harbor scene, a crew of fishermen in caps and heavy boots haul and sort their nets on a wharf. Their massive, simplified figures recall Cézanne, whom Walkowitz admired, and moored schooners and clapboard houses line the water behind them. The painting passed through two of New York's leading dealers in American modernism, ACA Gallery and Zabriskie Gallery. Virginia Zabriskie lent it to the Provincetown Art Association's 1964 Golden Anniversary exhibition and the national tour that followed. Keywords: Stieglitz Circle, American Modernist, Provincetown Art, Armory Show Artist, Walkowitz Fishermen, Russian-American Artist N.B. Condition reports are available upon request. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions & Appraisals LLC and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions & Appraisals, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.