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LOUISE FISHMAN

American, 1939-2021

"Petroleum Window", 1989

oil on canvas
titled, signed, and dated on the reverse "Louise Fishman"
41 x 47 inches (104.1 x 119.4 cm.), Frame: 42 1/2 x 2 x 48 1/2 in. (108 x 5.1 x 123.2 cm.)

  • Provenance: Lennon Weinberg Gallery, New York, New York; Private Collection, Connecticut
  • Notes: A letter from the artist dated 2019 accompanies the lot. In the letter, Fishman describes, "Petroleum Window is one of my very favorite paintings. –It was painted the year following the paintings I made in 1988 after returning from my trip with a survivor friend to Auschwitz and Terezin. It is not part of that series, Remembrance and Revival, but was strongly influenced by that trip, as all the paintings in 1989 were. It was impossible for me to extricate myself, my memories, my friendships nor my work from that difficult visit. Petroleum Window is a geological town – that I felt was reminiscent of the darkness of "Brikenau."

    Tags: oil painting, listed artist, modern, contemporary, abstract, 20th century, woman artist, female artist
  • Condition: in very good condition, a few abrasions to the edges, no restoration visible under UV, unlined canvas

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