Lot 646

3 pc Enrico Glicenstein Portraits of Walt Whitman

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3 pc Enrico Glicenstein Portraits of Walt Whitman

Estimate: $60 - $100

Starting Bid: $40

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by Concept Art Gallery
August 12, 2026 9:00 AM EDT
Live Auction
1031 S. Braddock Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA, US 15218

Glicenstein, Enrico (Henryk) (Polish/Jewish/American, 1870-1942), 3 pc Portraits of Walt Whitman, 1940-42, brown chalk, colored pencil, and dry point etching on paper, one with watercolor sketch of Spring Sunnyside, NY on verso, etching editioned artist's proof, all signed (one signed on verso), ranging in size from 10.5 x 8.75 inches to 23.5 x 18 inches, unframed. All with Glicenstein estate label. Provenance: The Estate of Hugo Dreyfuss (the son-in-law of the artist, who was married to Beatrice Glicenstein). Born in Switzerland in 1910, Dreyfuss started a textile business with his brother before moving to America in 1940. In the 1950s, he partnered with furniture designer Vladimir Kagan and designed and hand printed many fabrics for furniture and interior decorating. Hugo, Beatrice and her brother Emanuel Romano Glicenstein (who was also an artist) were the keepers and cataloguers of Glicenstein's body of work. Hugo worked on the biography/catalogue raisonne project that would become the book 'Life and Work of Enrico Glicenstein,' by Charlotte Sholod. The book was finally published in 2014, seven years after Hugo's death. Enrico Glicenstein's sculpture is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum, Musee d'Art Moderne, Israel Museum, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Brooklyn Museum, Jewish Museum and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, among others. Glicenstein won the Prix de Rome in 1895 and 1896, and was the only sculptor to have exhibited jointly with Auguste Rodin, who was a close friend of Glicenstein's and one of his earliest admirers. In addition to sculpture, Glicenstein was also a respected painter and etcher.

  • Condition: In good condition with some smudging, staining and minor wear to sheet edges. Etching has some waviness to sheet. Merchandise will be packed and transported by the purchaser at their own risk and expense. A list of recommended shippers is on our website: https://www.conceptgallery.com/auctions/shipping/ .

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