Saul Lishinsky Ink Gestural Figure Drawing

Item Details

Untitled (Gesture drawings, figure study), late 20th century
Ink drawing on paper
Signed to the lower right

Saul Lishinsky was born in the Bronx in 1922. He studied at the Arts Students League in New York City and in Provincetown with Hans Hoffman. Lishinsky returned to New York after serving in WWII and began painting again with the help and encouragement of his cousin Abraham Lishinsky, a noted WPA artist. Lishinsky went on to hold nine one-man shows and founded the Bronx Community Murals as a community project. Lishinsky seldom sold his art while he was alive, however, in 2008 he moved into an nursing home and his studio of nearly seventy years was emptied and the contents were sold. Lishinsky’s mural can still be seen throughout the greater New York City area and also remains in private collections.

Condition

- drawing to the verso of page is visible through paper; toning to paper, concentrated towards edges; edge wear to paper, with upper left corner torn; light accretion and edge wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures the frame; visible image measures 12.75" W x 9.75" H.

Item #

ITMG244075