BENJAMIN KOPMAN (1887-1965) Two Old Clowns

signed and dated ‘Kopman 1952’ (lower right) oil on canvas 74 x 54 cm Painted in 1952 Provenance: World House Galleries, 987 Madison Avenue, New York 21, Catalogue 3902 Freeman Fine Arts, Philadelphia PA, 24.06.2005, lot 221 Borodulin Collection An American-Russian painter, lithographer, etcher, illustrator, sculptor, Benjamin Kopman was born in Vitebsk and immigrated with his parents to the United States, where he studied in the New York National Academy of Art. His works belong to the collections of Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. ⊕ All lots marked with the symbol “plus (+)” are under temporary importation and are subject to import tax (5.5%) (EU) and administrative customs broker fees.