Isaac Lichtenstein, The Blind Fiddler

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...

Provenance

purchased 1925

Literature

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.

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