Lawyer Addressing the Bench with Portrait of Lincoln
by Levitz, Jack (1896- 1964)
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About This Item
New York: Circa 1940s.. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. 25 x 30 inches.The legal name of Jack Levitz was likely Ebbitt Abraham Levitz, born September 27, 1896 in Vilna, also known as the Jerusalem of Lithuania. There was civil unrest in Vilna in 1897 due to agitation for worker's rights by the General Jewish Workers Union, also known as the bund. It is likely that Levitz immigrated to the United States with his family around the end of the nineteenth century.Levitz became friends with William Saroyan, the author of many children's books. In 1941 Saroyan wrote a profile of Levitz for Don Freeman's Newsstand journal. He describes Levitz as "roly-poly" with a cigar in his mouth. According to Saroyan who got it from Levitz, Levitz could not recall his original first name and simply made up the name "Ebbet." Levitz was prolific and tossed off drawings and casual paintings with ease which he sold for a few dollars. According to Saroyan, "The paintings he really paints… are usually great."Ebbitt Abraham [Jack] Levitz died in December, 1964 at the age of 68.
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- Bookseller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
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- 51-1788
- Title
- Lawyer Addressing the Bench with Portrait of Lincoln
- Author
- Levitz, Jack (1896- 1964)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- New York: Circa 1940s.
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- Art; Paintings;
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