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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 StreetSold for £78,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistDavid 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).
signed in Latin (lower right)
oil on canvas
100 x 120cm (39 3/8 x 47 1/4in).
Footnotes
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.

