Leon Kroll Reclining Figure Gouache and Graphite Painting

Item Details

Leon Kroll (New York/Mexico/Europe; 1884 – 1974)
Untitled
Gouache and graphite on paper
Signed “Leon Kroll” to lower right

A gouache and graphite painting on paper by well-listed artist Leon Kroll (New York/Mexico/Europe; 1884 – 1974). The painting depicts a reclining nude female figure. Her face and chest are rendered in fine detail that becomes less-pronounced as the composition moves to her legs, which are illustrated in simple graphite outlines. The painting is signed to the lower right. It is presented behind mat and glass in a thin frame with a hanging wire.

Provenance
Private collection, Cincinnati, OH
Purchased from Berner’s Auction Gallery, Donnelsville, Ohio, 2011

Kroll’s works are represented in the permanent collections of hundreds of prestigious institutions including the Corcoran Gallery of Art; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Museum of Modern Art; Art Institute of Chicago; Carnegie Institute; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Dayton Art Institute; Detroit Institute of Art; Denver Art Museum; San Diego Fine Art Society; Norton Gallery; St. Louis Museum of Art; John Herron Art Institute; and many more.

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Item #

18CIN517-027