JOSEPH SOLMAN, BELARUSIAN/AMERICAN, NEW YORK 1909-2008, DAY SHIFT, 1960, Pencil and gouache on newspaper laid on wove paper, Sight: 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.), Frame: 21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm.)

JOSEPH SOLMAN
BELARUSIAN/AMERICAN, NEW YORK, 1909-2008
DAY SHIFT, 1960
Pencil and gouache on newspaper laid on wove paper
Lower left signed: J. Solman; verso label: Robert Brown Gallery

Catalogue note:
Born in Vitebsk, present-day Belarus, Joseph Solman's family immigrated to New York in 1912. After studying at the National Academy of Design, Solman held his first one-man-show at the Contemporary Arts Gallery, New York City, in 1934. Solman was a member of the seminal Expressionist artists group the Ten, along with Mark Rothko, Adolph Gottlieb and Ilya Bolotowsky. Solman is best known for his series of "subway gouaches," capturing busy commuters traveling to-and-from work via New York City's public transportation system. His work can be found in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art (New York), Brooklyn Museum (New York), Museum of Fine Arts (Boston) and the Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.).
Dimensions: Sight: 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.), Frame: 21 x 17 in. (53.3 x 43.2 cm.) Artist Name: JOSEPH SOLMAN Medium: Pencil and gouache on newspaper laid on wove paper

Condition: This work is in good condition.
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