People on a Café Terrace

1913

Elisabeth Epstein

Painter, Swiss, born Russia (now Ukraine), 1879 - 1956

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On View

East Building Mezzanine, Gallery 217-A

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Arnold and Joan Saltzman

  • Dimensions

    overall: 55.88 × 55.88 cm (22 × 22 in.)
    framed: 74.93 × 76.2 × 6.35 cm (29 1/2 × 30 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession

    2020.112.9

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist, Geneva.[1] Arnold A. [1916-2014] and Joan R. [1919-2019] Saltzman, Sands Point, New York; gift 2020 to NGA.
[1] According to Jean-Marc Brachard of the store Brachard + Cie, Geneva, (email dated 10/3/2020 in NGA curatorial file), the Brachard stamp on the stretcher indicates the canvas was assembled at the store, which at the time sold artist materials and sometimes works of art by the same artists who purchased materials there. The address on the stretcher was in use from 1910-1920.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2001

  • German Expressionist Paintings from the Saltzman Family Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2001-2002.

Inscriptions

lower right: E Epstein / 19

Markings

stamped twice on stretcher: BRACHARD & FILS / 6, rue du Rhône GENÈVE

Wikidata ID

Q108686834

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