
Morgan Martin
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Sold for US$7,650 inc. premium
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Provenance
Estate of the artist.
Sale, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., April 5, 1950, lot 71, sold by the above. (as Men at Sweeney's)
Karl Mann Associates, New York.
Private collection, Atlanta.
Sale, Sotheby's New York, March 20, 1996, lot 145.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Exhibited
(probably) New York, Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, Paintings and Drawings by George Luks, March 19-April 7, 1934. (as 12 Scenes of Revelry in Old New York)
New York, The Gallery of Modern Art, About New York, Night and Day: 1915-1965, October 19-November 15, 1965, p. 20. (as Men at Sweeney's)
Literature
B. DeCasseres, "Old New York Drinking Places: By George Luks," Vanity Fair, January 1934, p. 20, illustrated.