Live Auction 2481Post-War and Contemporary Art Session II
Alice Neel (1900-1984)
Lot 759

Alice Neel (1900-1984)

Portrait of Robert Graham

Closed9 November 2011

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USD 362,500

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Alice Neel (1900-1984)
Portrait of Robert Graham
signed and dated 'NEEL 68' (lower left)
oil on canvas
50 x 35 in. (127 x 88.9 cm.)
Painted in 1968.

Robert C. Graham, Sr., gift of the artist
By descent from the above to the present owner

Specialist note

"When I talk to a person, they unconsciously assume their most characteristic pose, which in a way involves all their character and social standing--what the world has done to them and their retaliation" (A. Neel quoted in Alice Neel: Black and White, New York, Robert Miller Gallery, 2002, unpaginated).