DUET by Emmanuel Mané-Katz
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DUET 1894 - 1962

Emmanuel Mané-Katz

Original oil on canvas
 55 ⨯ 46 cm
Price on request

Studio 2000 Art Gallery

  • About the artwork




    Oil on canvas
    55 x 46 cm.
    Signed in lower middle ‘Mané Katz’

    Provenance:
    Private collection, The Netherlands; Sotheby’s, London 2013, lot no.256; Galerie Motte, Geneva
    Collection Oscar Ghez, Geneva

    Exhibited: Annecy, Château d'Annecy, Maîtres connus et méconnus de Montmartre à Montparnasse, 1 July-20 September 1964; Cape Town, National Gallery and Johannesburg Art Gallery, Paris and South African Artists 1850-1965, 14 April-17 July 1988, no.38; Paris, Musée de Montparnasse, Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse, 15 June 2007- 6 January 2008

    Literature: Exhibition catalogue, Maîtres connus et méconnus de Montmartre à Montparnasse, Annecy, Château d'Annecy, 1964, pl.129 ; R.S. Aries, Mané-Katz: The Complete Works, London: Editions d'Art Jacques O'Hana, 1970, p.62, (ill.); Exhibition catalogue, Paris and South African Artists 1850-1965, Cape Town, National Gallery, 1988, p.58.; Mané-Kats et son temps, Museé de Petit Palais, Geneva, 1994, no.7; Exhibition catalogue, Les heures chaudes de Montparnasse, Paris, Musée de Montparnasse, 2008, p.55.

  • About the artist

    Emmanuel Mané-Katz was a Litvak painter born in Ukraine, best known for his depictions of the Jewish shtetl, small towns with large Jewish populations, in Eastern Europe. In 1921, due to the ongoing fighting in his hometown during the civil war, he moved to Paris. There he became friends with Pablo Picasso and other important artists, and was affiliated with the art movement known as the School of Paris. Together with other outstanding Jewish artists of the milieu, he is sometimes considered to be part of a group referred to as the Jewish School of Paris. Early on, his style was classical and sombre, but his palette changed to bright, primary colours in later years. His paintings feature rabbis, Jewish musicians, beggars, and scenes from the East European shtetl.

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Artwork details

Category
Paintings
Subject
Musician and singers
Style
ImpressionismExpressionism (20th Century)Modern Art (1860s-1970s)
Material & Technique
Original oil on canvas