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Lot 67*

David Burliuk
(Russian/American, 1882-1967)
The corner of 4th and the Bowery, 1934

7 June 2010, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £78,000 inc. premium

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David Burliuk (Russian/American, 1882-1967)

The corner of 4th and the Bowery, 1934
signed in Latin (lower right)
oil on canvas
100 x 120cm (39 3/8 x 47 1/4in).

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PROVENANCE:
Formerly in the estate of Miriam K. Mines
Private collection, United States

LITERATURE:
Harry Salpeter, Burliuk: Wild Man of Art, 1939, illustrated p.65
Katherine S. Dreier, Burliuk, 1944, illustrated p.121

Burliuk came to America in 1922 and settled in New York where he became part of the artistic milieu. The offered lot is painted four years after he gained US citizenship and it is possible that he may have painted the scene from his studio window.

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