Isaac Lichtenstein 1888-1981
The Blind Fiddler
oil on canvas
89 x 63
(verso): Lichtenstein 1924
1987-220
@Isaac Lichtenstein estate
Photo: Bridgeman images
The Blind Fiddler combines traditional folk iconography with an angular style clearly influenced by Cubism, revealing the importance of Lichtenstein’s experience as part of the École de Paris. The fiddler...
The Blind Fiddler combines traditional folk iconography with an angular style clearly influenced by Cubism, revealing the importance of Lichtenstein’s experience as part of the École de Paris. The fiddler (a popular motif in the work of Chagall) is here paired with a child, and stands in front of a colourful urban cityscape, which recalls the Orphism of Sonia and Robert Delaunay.
Provenance
purchased 1925Literature
Rachel Dickson ed., From Adler to Zuławski: A Century of Polish Artists in Britain (London: Ben Uri Research Unit, 2020) p. 47.; Walter Schwabe and Julia Weiner, eds., Jewish Artists: the Ben Uri Collection - Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture (London: Ben Uri Art Society in association with Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd, 1994), p. 69.Be the first to know – Sign Up
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