Hyman Bloom (American, 1913-2009) Old Man Sleeping

Description:

Hyman Bloom (American, 1913-2009)

Old Man Sleeping
Artist name, title and dated "1956" on two exhibition labels on the reverse (see
below).
Gouache on paper, 28 x 25 1/2 in. (71.1 x 64.7 cm),framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.

Provenance: Mr. & Mrs. Samuel Glaser, Newton, Massachusetts; The Swetzoff Gallery, Boston.

Exhibitions: Drawings by Hyman Bloom, the Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, November 2-December 15, 1957; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, January 10-February 9, 1958; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, February 25-March 30, 1958; The Drawings of Hyman Bloom, The University of Connecticut Museum of Art, April 19-May 19, 1968; San Francisco Museum of Art, June 27-August 4, 1968; Bloom, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, September 18-October 20, 1968.

Literature: Art News, Vol. 56, No. 9, January 1958, p. 28; The Drawings of Hyman Bloom, An Exhibition Organized by the University of Connecticut Museum of Art, 1963, illustrated, item #8.

N.B. This lot is accompanied by several exhibition catalogs and related materials.
Estimate $800-1,200


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