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Lot 309

Leon Kroll, American (1884-1974)

Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
Starting Bid
$750

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Framed Watercolor and charcoal signed Leon Kroll, entitled "Le Chemise."
Leon Kroll (December 6, 1884, to October 25, 1974) was an American painter, A figurative artist described by Life magazine as "the dean of U.S. nude painters", he was also a landscape painter and also produced an exceptional body of still life compositions.
He studied at the Art Students League of New York under John Henry Twachtman, [and at the Acadamy Julian in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens in the late 1800s.


DIMENSIONS with frame: Height 32.50 inch / 82,5 cm
                                          Length 16.50 inch / 42 cm

DIMENSIONS without frame: Height 24.50 inch / 62,5 cm
                                                Length 10 inch / 25,5 cm