American & European Paintings & Prints

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Jacob Landau (American, 1917-2001)

Portrait of John Updike, c. 1960
Signed "Jacob Landau" l.c., identified on a label affixed to the glass l.l.
Watercolor with graphite on paper/board, sight size 16 1/2 x 19 in. (41.9 x 48.3 cm), framed.
Condition: Not examined out of frame.

N.B. The present work was an illustration for an excerpt of John Updike's Rabbit, Run published in Reader's Digest. We wish to thank Rosa Giletti at the Jacob Landau Institute for her assistance with cataloguing the lot.
Estimate $1,200-1,800

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