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I Saw a Butterfly
Details
Abraham Rattner (AMERICAN, 1895-1978)
I Saw a Butterfly
signed and titled 'I Saw a Butterfly Rattner' (lower edge) and inscribed (throughout paper); signed, titled and inscribed again and dated 'Rattner '54 I Saw a Butterly Fluttering Joyfully.....' (on board taped to the reverse of backing paper)
ink, watercolor, gouache, wash and pencil on paper
22½ x 14½ in. (57.2 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed in 1954.
I Saw a Butterfly
signed and titled 'I Saw a Butterfly Rattner' (lower edge) and inscribed (throughout paper); signed, titled and inscribed again and dated 'Rattner '54 I Saw a Butterly Fluttering Joyfully.....' (on board taped to the reverse of backing paper)
ink, watercolor, gouache, wash and pencil on paper
22½ x 14½ in. (57.2 x 36.8 cm.)
Executed in 1954.
Provenance
Edward Dwight.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1959.
By descent to the present owner.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner, 1959.
By descent to the present owner.
Exhibited
Milwaukee, Milwaukee Jewish Center, 3-Man Show of Rattner, Shahn, ***, February 1960.
Special notice
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