George Benjamin Luks American, 1867-1933 Man and Child with Guitar (Portrait of the Artists Brother with his Son), 1908 American, 1867-1933 Man and Child with Guitar (Portrait of the Artist's Brother with his Son), 1908 Signed George Luks (lr); dated 1908 and signed George Luks on the reverse Oil on canvas 28 5/8 x 29 1/2 inches Provenance: The artist Mr. Arthur F. Egner, by 1914 Descended in the family of the owner Private collection Exhibited: New York, Macbeth Gallery, George B. Luks, Apr. 14-27, 1910 New York, Kraushaar Galleries, Apr. 1914 Newark, NJ, Newark Museum Association, The Free Library, Paintings by a Few Modern American Painters Lent by Arthur F. Egner, Jan. 10-Feb. 10, 1917, no. 2 Newark, NJ, The Newark Museum, An Exhibition of the Work of George Benjamin Luks Oct. 30, 1933-Jan. 6, 1934, no. 18, p. 42 illus., lent by Arthur F. Egner Greensburg, PA, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Artists of the Commonwealth: Realism and its Response in Pennsylvania Painting, 1900-1950, Feb. 26-May 21, 2006; Traveled to: Loretto, PA, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Aug. 4-Nov. 5, 2006; Erie, PA, Erie Art Museum, Dec. 1-Apr. 8, 2007; Doylestown, PA, James A. Michener Art Museum, May 19-Sept. 2, 2007 New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, American Masters 1840-1920, Feb. 14-Mar. 22, 2008 Fort Lauderdale, FL, Museum of Art, Nova Southeastern University, Return to the Ashcan, Oct. 20-Feb. 24, 2013 Literature: R[oyal] C[ortissoz], "Art Exhibitions: New Pictures by Mr. George Luks and Some Others," New York Tribune, Apr. 21, 1910, 7 "Art at Home and Abroad: Paintings by George Luks at Kraushaar," New York Times, Apr. 19, 1914, SM11. "George Luks at Kraushaar's," Arts and Decoration 4 (June 1914), 320 Guy Pene du Bois, "The Collection of Arthur F. Egner," Arts and Decoration (August 1917), 475 illus., 476 "George B. Luks Found Dead in 6th Av. at Dawn," New York Times, Oct. 30, 1933, 1 Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Work of George Benjamin Luks Exh. cat., Newark, NJ: Newark Museum, 1934, p. 42 illus., no. 18. [69 of the 110 works in the exhibition were oils; The Guitar was one of twenty-two oils that were illustrated; see also Lil, no. 23] Betsy Fahlman. Artists of the Commonwealth: Realism and Its Response in Pennsylvania Painting, 1900-1950. Exh. cat., Greensburg, PA: Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 2006, pp. 33 color illus., 34, 71 Return to the Ashcan. Exh. cat., Fort Lauderdale, FL: Museum of Art, Nova Southeastern University, 2012, p. 45 color illus. no. 20 With its brilliant and rich brushwork against a dark background, The Guitar is a classic and important Ashcan School painting from the finest period in the artist's career. It was included in every major Luks exhibition, from his first showcase at Macbeth Gallery in 1910 to his 1934 retrospective at the Newark Museum. Recently it was selected to represent the artist in Return to the Ashcan (2013). Conveying the joy of music, which was an important part of Luks's life, the painting expresses the theme of music as a binding force between generations. The critics acknowledged the importance of this painting. In 1914, it was called as "the masterpiece of its maker" and referred to as "now famous" and "the most noted of his paintings." Guy Pene du Bois described it in 1917 as "one of our great pictures." The painting was acquired directly from the artist by the important Ashcan School collector, Arthur F. Egner, a New Jersey based lawyer and founding member of the Newark Museum, who was a friend and patron of the artist. It descended in Egner's family until 1988. The following essay was written by Luks scholar Judith Hansen O'Toole: Painted in the year of the landmark exhibition of "The Eight" at the Macbeth Gallery, New York, which gave birth to the "Ashcan School," this picture is a portrait of the artist's youngest, and closest, sibling, William D. Luks or "Will," and Will's firstborn son Daniel Wynkoop Luks, born in 1908. The last of six children, George and Will
Frame rubbing, with corresponding inpaint. Glue relined. Scattered craquelure throughout, with some corresponding inpaint. There is 6 x 1 1/2 area of inpaint in the center left, running from the background into the face of the man. Restoration in the face of the child. There is some scattered wrinkling from relining.
George Benjamin Luks American, 1867-1933 Man and Child with Guitar (Portrait of the Artists Brother with his Son), 1908 American, 1867-1933 Man and Child with Guitar (Portrait of the Artist's Brother with his Son), 1908 Signed George Luks (lr); dated 1908 and signed George Luks on the reverse Oil on canvas 28 5/8 x 29 1/2 inches Provenance: The artist Mr. Arthur F. Egner, by 1914 Descended in the family of the owner Private collection Exhibited: New York, Macbeth Gallery, George B. Luks, Apr. 14-27, 1910 New York, Kraushaar Galleries, Apr. 1914 Newark, NJ, Newark Museum Association, The Free Library, Paintings by a Few Modern American Painters Lent by Arthur F. Egner, Jan. 10-Feb. 10, 1917, no. 2 Newark, NJ, The Newark Museum, An Exhibition of the Work of George Benjamin Luks Oct. 30, 1933-Jan. 6, 1934, no. 18, p. 42 illus., lent by Arthur F. Egner Greensburg, PA, Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Artists of the Commonwealth: Realism and its Response in Pennsylvania Painting, 1900-1950, Feb. 26-May 21, 2006; Traveled to: Loretto, PA, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Aug. 4-Nov. 5, 2006; Erie, PA, Erie Art Museum, Dec. 1-Apr. 8, 2007; Doylestown, PA, James A. Michener Art Museum, May 19-Sept. 2, 2007 New York, Spanierman Gallery, LLC, American Masters 1840-1920, Feb. 14-Mar. 22, 2008 Fort Lauderdale, FL, Museum of Art, Nova Southeastern University, Return to the Ashcan, Oct. 20-Feb. 24, 2013 Literature: R[oyal] C[ortissoz], "Art Exhibitions: New Pictures by Mr. George Luks and Some Others," New York Tribune, Apr. 21, 1910, 7 "Art at Home and Abroad: Paintings by George Luks at Kraushaar," New York Times, Apr. 19, 1914, SM11. "George Luks at Kraushaar's," Arts and Decoration 4 (June 1914), 320 Guy Pene du Bois, "The Collection of Arthur F. Egner," Arts and Decoration (August 1917), 475 illus., 476 "George B. Luks Found Dead in 6th Av. at Dawn," New York Times, Oct. 30, 1933, 1 Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Work of George Benjamin Luks Exh. cat., Newark, NJ: Newark Museum, 1934, p. 42 illus., no. 18. [69 of the 110 works in the exhibition were oils; The Guitar was one of twenty-two oils that were illustrated; see also Lil, no. 23] Betsy Fahlman. Artists of the Commonwealth: Realism and Its Response in Pennsylvania Painting, 1900-1950. Exh. cat., Greensburg, PA: Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 2006, pp. 33 color illus., 34, 71 Return to the Ashcan. Exh. cat., Fort Lauderdale, FL: Museum of Art, Nova Southeastern University, 2012, p. 45 color illus. no. 20 With its brilliant and rich brushwork against a dark background, The Guitar is a classic and important Ashcan School painting from the finest period in the artist's career. It was included in every major Luks exhibition, from his first showcase at Macbeth Gallery in 1910 to his 1934 retrospective at the Newark Museum. Recently it was selected to represent the artist in Return to the Ashcan (2013). Conveying the joy of music, which was an important part of Luks's life, the painting expresses the theme of music as a binding force between generations. The critics acknowledged the importance of this painting. In 1914, it was called as "the masterpiece of its maker" and referred to as "now famous" and "the most noted of his paintings." Guy Pene du Bois described it in 1917 as "one of our great pictures." The painting was acquired directly from the artist by the important Ashcan School collector, Arthur F. Egner, a New Jersey based lawyer and founding member of the Newark Museum, who was a friend and patron of the artist. It descended in Egner's family until 1988. The following essay was written by Luks scholar Judith Hansen O'Toole: Painted in the year of the landmark exhibition of "The Eight" at the Macbeth Gallery, New York, which gave birth to the "Ashcan School," this picture is a portrait of the artist's youngest, and closest, sibling, William D. Luks or "Will," and Will's firstborn son Daniel Wynkoop Luks, born in 1908. The last of six children, George and Will
Frame rubbing, with corresponding inpaint. Glue relined. Scattered craquelure throughout, with some corresponding inpaint. There is 6 x 1 1/2 area of inpaint in the center left, running from the background into the face of the man. Restoration in the face of the child. There is some scattered wrinkling from relining.
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