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DAVID LEVINE.
Coney Island Display.Watercolor on paper. 216x356 mm; 8
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1996 in image, lower left.Verso contains a full size graphite and watercolor sketch study
of a man in a kimono.Tipped to mount and in gold wood frame with plexiglass.
[5,000/7,500]
A beautiful watercolor scene of vendors under colorful awnings along NewYork’s Coney Island boardwalk.
Exhibited at Forum Gallery in “David Levine:TheWorld He Saw,” December 2014-January 2015
and at Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco. Known mainly for his caricature, Levine was an
equally fine painter. He was fond of visiting Coney Island and recording the events of a changing New
York.The Forum Gallery exhibition featured many outstanding works from this period.
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