Foreboding

1936

Bernard Kassoy

Associated Names
Bernard Kassoy

Artist, American, 1914 - 1962

The image shows strong lines and geometric shapes with distinct contrasts. It features a large gas mask dominating the right side of the composition, alongside a factory setting with towering smokestacks on the left. A man is depicted in a hunched position, connected to an object by a chain.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Estate of Norman Lewis, New York, NY); Sylvan Cole Gallery (via Mann-Williams Antiques), New York, NY; Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT, 26 February 1993; gift to the NGA, 2008.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

Signed: "Kassoy 5/4/40" in pencil, lower right corner; in pencil, verso: "Gladys/Sorry! you/were not at/home. These/are some/lithos by some/of the students/of the Center/I hope you/can use/them-/Norman/evidently your/colds OK."

Wikidata ID

Q76456847

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