New Acquisitions
The Postman
14½ x 21½ inches (sight size)
Signed lower right and dated indistinctly: E SHINN / 19[…]
Provenance
(Likely) Alfredo Valente, New York, by 1968
Martin D. Ginsburg, Tenafly, New Jersey, ca. 1960s
Alan Ginsburg, Demarest, New Jersey, son of above, from above, until 2019 Private collection, New York, New York
[With] Bernard Goldberg Fine Arts, New York, New York, 2021
Exhibited
(Likely) Swirbul Library, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York, The Collectors’ Collections, An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures from the Private Collections of Joan and Lest Avnet, Wilfred P. Cohen, and Alfredo Valente, January 26–February 4, 1968
Literature
(Likely) The Collectors’ Collections, An Exhibition of Paintings and Sculptures from the Private Collections of Joan and Lest Avnet, Wilfred P. Cohen, and Alfredo Valente (Garden City, NY: Adelphi University, 1968).
Note
Alfredo Valente (1899–1973) was a prominent photographer known for his images of theatre, especially Broadway, as well as an avid collector of the painters of his era.