$48,000
oil on panel 42 x 32 cm (16 1/2 x 12 5/8 in. ) signed lower right PROVENANCEDalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles and Palm Springs, CaliforniaEstate of Jack and Belle LinskyJack Linsky was an exceptionally successful and wealthy manufacturer of stapling machines and office stationary (including the ubiquitous "Swingline" brand of staplers). Along with his wife Belle, they were major buyers of European art beginning after the end of World War II. Two years after the passing of Jack Linsky, his wife Belle donated their collection of paintings to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1982. Even at that time, the gift was valued at more $60 million, and created a permanent gallery at the Met. It was no surprise as their uncanny ability to discern masterpieces and buy selectively (even if having to pay record prices for the times) was a hallmark of their collection.
Auctioneer:
Shapiro Auctions
Date:
2010-06-15
