Last Supper #3, circa 1984

Details

William Hawkins (1895-1990)
Last Supper #3, circa 1984
signed William L. Hawkins along lower edge
enamel on board
38 ¾ x 47 ½ in.

Provenance

Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York
Geoffrey Holder and Carmen de Lavallage, New York
Sold, Sotheby's, New York, 30 January 1995, lot 1864

Literature

Susan Mitchell Crawley, "William Hawkins: The Last Suppers," Raw Vision, vol. 96 (2017), p. 18 (ref.).

Lot Essay

Renowned self-taught artist William Hawkins is known for his graphic, large-scale images depicting animals, architecture, religious scenes and historic events. Last Supper #3 is one of nine known Last Supper paintings created by the artist. The rest of this important series was included in the recent retrospective William L. Hawkins: An Imaginative Geography; the present work reemerged after the opening of this exhibition.

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