Leon Kelly Black Stockings 1930 Ex. Harry Litwin
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Leon Kelly (1901 - 1982) “The Model with Black Stockings” 1930. The painting is signed and dated in the lower left corner. The painting is painted on a salvage board that measures 18 inches tall by 35.75 inches wide. The painting was originally sold by Alexander Iolas Gallery in New York to Harry Litwin of Wichita Kansas.Leon Kelly, born in 1901, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Awarded a traveling scholarship from that institution in 1924, he studied in Paris, France at the Grande Chaumiere. Other teachers included Arthur B. Carles, Jean Auguste Adolphe, Earl Horter and Alexandre Portinoff.Essentially a Surrealist painter, Kelly did wide-ranging work that went from painterly to meticulous Surrealism, Cezanne-inspired watercolors, and Cubist painting. In the 1940s, Julian Levy, the Surrealist dealer, handled Kelly's work in New York City.Kelly also exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art Annuals (1933-34, 1939-46, 1966); Corcoran Gallery Biennials, Washington, D.C. (three times from 1935-47); Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois; had a 1965 retrospective exhibition at the International Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland; Long Beach, New Jersey (1968); Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (1968, 1970); Newark Museum, New Jersey (1969)
Condition
The painting was restored in October 1965. Please see photos
Dimensions
18 x 35.75 x 1 in
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Leon Kelly Black Stockings 1930 Ex. Harry Litwin
Estimate $6,000 - $8,000
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