Late Afternoon

1946

Simka Simkhovitch

Associated Names
Simka Simkhovitch

Artist, American, born Russia, 1893 - 1949

Associated American Artists

Publisher

In this image, two individuals are shown. The figure on the left is depicted from the back, seated with short hair, an unclothed torso, and wearing a draped cloth around their waist. The person on the right is shown from the lower face to the feet, standing with one arm raised and adjusting their long hair. They also have an unclothed upper body and wear a draped cloth around their waist. The background shows a textured landscape with grass, abstract shapes resembling hills, and shaded sky areas resembling clouds.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Estate of Simka Simkhovitch); Janet Marqusee Fine Arts Ltd., New York; Dave H. and Reba W. Williams, Greenwich, CT, 30 March 1989; gift to the NGA, 2008.

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Bibliography

2016

  • Windisch, Gail, and Sylvan Cole, Jr. Art for Every Home: An Illustrated Index of Associated American Artists Prints, Ceramics, and Textile Designs. Manhattan: Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art, Kansas State University, 2016, p. 94, no. 825.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Late Afternoon; lower right in graphite: Simka Simkhovitch (N.S.R.)

Wikidata ID

Q76454787

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