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George Benjamin Luks
American (1867-1933), O/C, 20.25" (H) x 16" (W) Signed l/r, Dated l/l

This is a superb portrait by George Benjamin Luks, a member of the “Ashcan School.” The painting is of Joseph H. Cohen, President of the Pennsylvania Exchange Bank of New York City, completed in the year of Luks death, 1933. In the 1890s, when he was employed as an illustrator for the Philadelphia Bulletin, Luks met John Sloan, Robert Henri, William Glackens, and Everett Shinn. Around 1900, these artists moved to New York to establish themselves as painters; they often exhibited together and later became known as the Ashcan School for their dark palettes and realist subject matter. Luks was known for his brash confident brushwork and down-to-earth subject matter. This represents a rare work by Luks, one of formal commission of an important societal figure in New York City.

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