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John Graham (1886 -1961)

The Coffee Cup

Executed circa 1928-29

Oil and sand on canvas

Signed verso New York / Lunch Room / Coffee Cup / Graham

Stamped on verso: "Dudensing Gallreies/5E57/NYC/Modern American Paintings/#613

19.5 x 25.2 inches

Ex-Collection:
Dudensing Galleries, New York (#613)
Mr. and Mrs. Werner Dannheisser, East Hampton, NY
Myron Kaplan, Engelwood, NJ
Private Collection, NY

Exhibited:
Paris, France, Galerie Zborowski,
1-15 October 1929
New York, Dudensing Galleries
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, October-December 1945, #2572 (Lent by Dudensing Galleries, New York)
East Hampton, New York, Guild Hall, American Masters: An Exhibition Inaugurating the Renovation of the Guild Hall Museum, May 25-28, June 1987(Lent by Mr. & Mrs. Werner Dannheiser, East Hampton, New York.)
New York, The Art Fair (Art Dealers Association of America): The Fourteenth Annual Art Show to Benefit Henry Street Settlement (Zabriskie Gallery), 7th Regiment Armory, February 21-25 2002
New York, Richard York Gallery, John Graham: Renaissance and Revolution, May 31-July 31 2002

Literature:
Waldemar, George, JOHN GRAHAM, L'Editions Triangle, Paris, 1929, Illustrated
CAHIER D'ART, 1929, Exposition De Peintures de Graham
Eleanor Green, John Graham: Artist and Avatar,The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., 1987, P. 139, (as La Tasse de Cafe.)
Lisa Bush Hankin, JOHN GRAHAM: RENAISSANCE AND REVOLUTION, Richard York Gallery, New York, 2002, P.8, Fig. 5, Illustrated and P. 22, No.5

Reference:
For a similar painting, see Two Eggs, 1928, 12 ½ x 16 inches, in Eleanor Green, JOHN GRAHAM:ARTIST AND AVATAR, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. , 1987, P. 36, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., Illustrated

 

 

 

 

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