Live Auction 20097Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
ADOLPH GOTTLIEB (1903-1974)
Lot 231 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN COLLECTION

ADOLPH GOTTLIEB (1903-1974)

Untitled

Closed12 November 2021

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USD 375,000

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ADOLPH GOTTLIEB (1903-1974)
Untitled
signed and dated 'Adolph Gottlieb 1969' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
72 x 48 in. (182.9 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1969.

Private collection, United States, acquired directly from the artist, circa 1970
Anon. sale; Sotheby's, New York, 10 November 2005, lot 141
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

“All primitive expression reveals the constant awareness of powerful forces, the immediate presence of terror and fear, a recognition and acceptance of the brutality of the natural world as well as the eternal insecurity of life.”
– Adolph Gottlieb