SAL record control number: 140007 ;

Record level: Item ;

Record type: Movable work ;

Work title: Vassily Ivanovich sitting on the sofa in his study [from collection database] ;

Alternate work titles:
2022 : Vassily Ivanovich sitting on the sofa in his study [from collection database] ;

Work date: 1941 [from collection database] ;

Work creator: Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) [NM] ;

Work medium: Wood block print ;
Work dimensions: 7-3/4 x 5-1/8 inches [unframed] | 13-1/8 x 16-1/2 x 1-1/8 inches [framed] ;

Inscribed / signed front:
Location: Lower left.
Dated?: No.
Text: ‘Fritz Eichenberg’.

Verso:
Marking type: Writing.
Location: Back.
Text: ‘CARL EICHENBERG / G-88 SCNY / Wm Holt Coll’

SAL category: Works on paper ;
SAL sub-category: Print ;

Archives of American Art subjects:
Art
Art — American
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State)
Art ― Private collections ― New York (State) ― Salmagundi

Description of work:

Provenance:
1986 SCNY, gift of Wilmuth Holt, accession #2007.15 ;
After 1941 Private collection of Wilmuth Holt (1905-1986) ;
1941 Fritz Eichenberg (1901-1990) [NM], the artist.

Exhibition history:
2022 SCNY Bump in the night: Halloween themed works from the collection October 17 – November 19 ;
2012 SCNY Our Illustrious Heritage: Salmagundi and American Illustration April 25 – May 11 ;
2010 SCNY Black and White Through the Years 1871-Present, Curators Exhibition, January 25 – February 22.

References / citations:
– Collection database, accession #2007.15.

Notes:
Illustration on page 133 of “Fathers and Sons” by Ivan Turgenev; Heritage Press 1941. Turgenev describes Vasilly’s home: “His whole house consisted of six tiny rooms. One of them, the one to which he led our friends, was called the study. A thick-legged table, littered over with papers black with the accumulation of ancient dust as though they had been smoked, occupied all the space between the two windows; on the walls hung Turkish firearms, whips, a sabre, two maps, some anatomical diagrams, a portrait of Hoffland, a monogram woven in hair in a blackened frame, and a diploma under glass; a leather sofa, torn and worn into hollows in parts, was placed between two huge cupboards of birchwood; on the shelves books, boxes, stuffed birds, jars, and phials were huddled together in confusion; in one corner stood a galvanic battery.” The author later continues: “… Barazov interrupted again. “you’d much better sit here on the sofa and let us have a look at you.” [p. 130] ‘Vassily Ivanovich laughed and sat down. He was very like his son in face, only his brow was lower and narrower, and his mouth rather wider, and he was forever restless, shrugging up his shoulder as though his coat cut him under the armpits, blinking, clearing his throat, and gesticulating with his fingers, while his son was distinguished by a kind of nonchalant immobility.” [p. 131-2] A similar work called “Fathers and Sons” sold at auction on March 6, 2006, Trinity Fine Arts, Avon, CT, $35 (edition unknown). Another example at The Old Print Shop / Price: $250 Also: Childs Gallery / Price: $325 June 18, 2008 -BM.

Document information

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Digital-born document number:
SAL.2022.140007

Record birth date:
September 25, 2022

Last updated: July 12, 2023 at 11:38 am