Mark Borghi

Elaine de Kooning

The Music Party (Daniel Alain Brustlein on cello and Edwin Dickinson on violin)

The Music Party (Daniel Alain Brustlein on cello and Edwin Dickinson on violin)

1948 (SOLD)

 

Oil on paper laid down on canvas

24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm)

Signed titled and dated verso

 

Ex-collection:
The estate of the artist and by descent until the present

 

About the Painting:
Daniel ‘Alain’ Brustlein (1904-1996)
is considered one of the foremost illustrators and painters in America. A noted cartoonist for such illustrious publications as The New Yorker where he signed his work ‘Alain’ Brustlein later became a reputable painter noted for his figurative compositions and expressionistic canvases.
Edwin Dickinson (1891-1978)
was an American painter and draftsman known for his psychologically charged self-portraits and landscapes. His art, always grounded in realism, shows connections to symbolism and surrealism.