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Unstill Life

Adolph Gottlieb

Contemporary Art

On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
MEDIUM Oil on canvas
DATES 1955
DIMENSIONS 13 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. (35.2 x 45.4 cm) Frame: 15 1/8 x 19 1/8 in. (38.4 x 48.6 cm)  (show scale)
SIGNATURE Signed lower left: "Adolph Gottlieb 1955"
COLLECTIONS Contemporary Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 78.211
CREDIT LINE Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Feinberg
PROVENANCE Prior to 1969, provenance not yet documented; before 1969, acquired by André Emmerich of New York, NY; by 1969, acquired by the Dalton School, New York; between 1969 and 1972, provenance not yet documented; by 1972, acquired by Sid Feinberg and Gladys Kone Feinberg (Mrs. Sid Feinberg) of Bayside, NY; December 13, 1978, gift of Sid Feinberg and Gladys Kone Feinberg to the Brooklyn Museum.
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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, Counterparts
CAPTION Adolph Gottlieb (American, 1903–1974). Unstill Life, 1955. Oil on canvas, 13 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. (35.2 x 45.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Feinberg, 78.211. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 78.211_bw_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 78.211_bw_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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RIGHTS STATEMENT © Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York, NY
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