JOHN GRAHAM | UNTITLED: A DOUBLE-SIDED WORK

JOHN GRAHAM
1881 - 1961
UNTITLED: A DOUBLE-SIDED WORK

inscribed IOANIVUS MAGUS SERVUS DOMINI PINXIT and signed Graham; also dated September 27, inscribed again XXXX / New York City and signed again (along the lower margin)
crayon and pencil on paper
13 ½ by 9 ⅞ inches
(34.3 by 25.1 cm)
Executed in 1940.

Condition Report:
The sheet is hinged to its support in two places along the upper reverse edge. There are creases and planar distortions throughout the sheet with scattered spots of staining and pindots of foxing. Due to the nature of the mounting, the drawing on the reverse of the sheet is not entirely visible.

Provenance:
The artist

[with]Rose Fried Gallery, New York

[with]Richard Feigen Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

[with]Noah Goldowsky Gallery, New York

Sold: Cline-Owings Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, September 27, 1997, lot 5

Acquired by the present owner at the above sale