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Christie’s roundel
Lot 197

ALICE NEEL (1900-1984)

Grade Crossing

Closed20 June 2024

Estimate

USD 70,000–100,000

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ALICE NEEL (1900-1984)
Grade Crossing
signed 'Neel' (lower left)
oil on linen
24 ¼ x 30 1⁄8 in. (61.6 x 76.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1935.

Private collection
Emmert Auction Associates, Delaware
Private collection, 2010
Anon. sale; Artsy, online, November 2022, lot 9
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Specialist note

“Art is two things: a search for a road and a search for freedom. It’s very hard to get freedom. You know all these things in life keep crawling over you all of the time. So it’s very hard to feel free” (A. Neel quoted in W. Koestenbaum, Alice Neel: Paintings from the Thirties, p. 86).