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Premier Auction - Session II | November 12, 2022

Sat, Nov 12, 2022 09:00AM EST
Lot 852

Aaron Bohrod

Estimate: $8,000 - $10,000

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(Wisconsin/Illinois, 1907-1992)

Italian Ice, New Orleans, 1937, signed lower right "Aaron Bohrod 37", oil on Masonite, 20 x 26 in.; silver gilt frame, 29 x 35 in.

Note: This circa 1937 painting is an excellent example of Aaron Bohrod's work during his WPA period. It represents a youth with strawberry “ice” likely nearby 617 Ursuline St., the new location for the revered Angelo Brocato (est.1904) which moved there in 1937 from original the location on Decatur St.

Provenance: Neal Auction Company, 2007, ($17,000); Private New Orleans Collection

Condition

some retouch in right border and left-most figure; frame with wear and losses, liner with smudges

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