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JOHN GRAHAM (1881 - 1961) Still Life with Guitar.

JOHN GRAHAM (1881 - 1961) Still Life with Guitar. Reverse painted oil on glass, circa 1928. 203x305 mm; 8x12 inches. Incised signature lower right. Provenance An American Place, New York. Duncan Phillips, Washington, D.C. Gift of the above to Laughlin and Jennifer Phillips, Washington, D.C., 1953. Christie's, New York, November 28, 2012, lot 127. Private collection, New York.

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961). Hallucination. gouache on paper 18 ½ x 24 ½ in. (4

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961). Hallucination. gouache on paper 18 ½ x 24 ½ in. (47 x 62.2 cm.).

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961). Sea Hallucinations. gouache on paper 18 ¾ x 24 ¾ i

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961). Sea Hallucinations. gouache on paper 18 ¾ x 24 ¾ in. (47.6 x 62.9 cm.).

J. D. GRAHAM (1881-1961) Russian - Ukrainian - French

John D. GRAHAM / nee Dombrovsky I. (1881 Kiev - 1961 London) ; Still-life ; 1920-30s ; oil on cardboard / framed ; dimensions 30 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL - $150 , National post with tracking service - $65

AMERICAN MODERNIST OIL PAINTING BY JOHN D GRAHAM

John D. Graham or Ivan Gratianovich Dombrovski, Russian, American, 1881 to 1961, an oil on masonite panel painting depicting a group of fish. Signed lower right. Framed. John D. Graham was a figure of immense influence in the early years of American modernism, both as an artist and as a connoisseur. He is credited as a major influence in the formation of Abstract Expressionism and in his work alternated between Abstraction and Realism. One of a kind artwork. American Modernist Paintings And Wall Decor Collectibles.

John D. Graham, 1881-1961 (Ukraine/USA)

John D. (Ivan Dabrowsky) Graham (1881-1961). Ukraine/Russia/USA/Unired Kingdom Untitled, 1932. Oil on canvas, size 48 x 61 cm (19 x 24 inches). Frame dimensions 72 x 81 cm (28 1/3 x 32 inches). Signed and dated upper right. John D. Graham was a figure of immense influence in the early years of American modernism, both as an artist and as a connoisseur. He is credited as a major influence in the formation of Abstract Expressionism and in his work alternated between Abstraction and Realism,Graham was born in Kiev on January 8, 1881 (or 1886 or 1887) with the name of Ivan Gratianovich Dombrovski. He is thought to have arrived in New York City in about 1920. Once in New York, he hid himself behind a curtain of fact and myth. In 1923 Graham was enrolled at the Art Students League, working briefly as an assistant to John Sloan. There is little concrete information that Graham had any previous art experience. In 1925 he participated in the ‘Tenth Whitney Annual Exhibition’. That year he moved to Baltimore with the painter Elinor Gibson, the first of his two American wives. In Baltimore, he became associated with the renowned collector Duncan Phillips, who gave Graham his first one-person museum exhibition in 1929. Phillips described Graham's bearing, with his air of Russian émigré officer of noble descent, his classical education and commitment to art, as an ‘ambition for martyrdom’, one which gave him an aura of Old World mystery and romance. He became an American citizen in 1927, although he lived and worked in both New York and Paris, becoming a catalyst in the transmittal of European modernism to America. He counted among his friends such names as Stuart Davis, Dorothy Dehner, Arshile Gorky, Adolph Gottlieb, David Smith, Katherine Dreier, Willem de Kooning, and, in later years, Jackson Pollock. Late in his life he was financially secure, but isolated from the art world because of his highly personal style. He spent many hours doing meditation and yoga, and corresponding with women friends, who included Ultra Violet, Andy Warhol's movie star, as well as well as the artist Francoise Gilot, friend of Pablo Picasso. His final works were similar to those of the Renaissance Old Masters. His art can be seen in several public collections at the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh and The Phillips Collection of Washington, D.C. Graham died in 1961 in London, England.

John Graham - Andre Emmerich Gallery - 1966 Offset Lithograph 27.75" x 21.75"

"Andre Emmerich Gallery " by John Graham, 1966 Unsigned Offset Lithograph. Paper size is 27.75 x 21.75 inches, with an image size of 27.75 x 21.75 inches. The Offset Lithograph is from an unknown edition size. and is not framed. The condition was rated A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. Additional details: First edition exhibition poster by John Graham for Andre Emmerich Gallery.

John D. (Ivan Dabrowsky) Graham

Russian/American, 1881/86-1961 Fountains Abby Oil and collage on Masonite 33 1/2 x 25 inches (85 x 63.5 cm) Provenance: The Explorer Art Gallery, New York (Framed: 37 1/4 x 29 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches)

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961) Abstraction oil on canvas 15 x 18 1⁄8 in. (38.1 x 4

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961) Abstraction oil on canvas 15 x 18 1⁄8 in. (38.1 x 46 cm.)

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) - Abraham

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) - Abraham Signed ‘GRAHAM’ bottom left, oil on canvas 38 x 22 in. (96.5 x 55.9cm) Provenance Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.  Phillips, New York, sale of May 25, 1999, lot 81.  Acquired directly from the above sale. The Collection of Sidney Rothberg, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Vintage Exhibition Poster John Graham - 1966

Vintage Exhibition Poster John Graham - 1966. Andre Emmerich Gallery - New York June 1966. 27.75" x 21.75". Pickup is Monday, February 19th from 12pm to 6pm and Tuesday, February 20th from 10am to 3pm in Gahanna, Ohio 43230. (THIS IS THE ONLY PICKUP WINDOW) or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $3 delivery fee to take this lot to our warehouse for processing. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com Sales tax will be collected for all bidders paying with a card. We will not charge sales tax if you come to pay cash in person (you are welcomed to do this!) If tax exempt, make sure your certificate is submitted with Invaluable.

J. D. GRAHAM (1881-1961) Russian - Ukrainian - French

John D. GRAHAM / nee Dombrovsky I. (1881 Kiev - 1961 London) ; Still-life ; 1920-30s ; oil on cardboard / framed ; dimensions 30 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL - $150 , National post with tracking service - $65

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961) Still Life with Candlesticks oil on canvas 18 x 22

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961) Still Life with Candlesticks oil on canvas 18 x 22 1/8 in. (45.7 x 56.2 cm.)

John Graham - Andre Emmerich Gallery - 1966 Offset Lithograph 27.75" x 21.75"

"Andre Emmerich Gallery " by John Graham, 1966 Unsigned Offset Lithograph. Paper size is 27.75 x 21.75 inches, with an image size of 27.75 x 21.75 inches. The Offset Lithograph is from an unknown edition size. and is not framed. The condition was rated A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling. Additional details: First edition exhibition poster by John Graham for Andre Emmerich Gallery.

J. D. GRAHAM (1881-1961) Russian - Ukrainian - French

John D. GRAHAM / nee Dombrovsky I. (1881 Kiev - 1961 London) ; Still-life ; 1920-30s ; oil on cardboard / framed ; dimensions 30 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL - $150 , National post with tracking service - $65

John GRAHAM 1886 - 1961 Un ensemble de deux oeuvres sur papier 1-Nu assis - 1953

John GRAHAM 1886 - 1961 Un ensemble de deux oeuvres sur papier 1-Nu assis - 1953 Encre de Chine sur papier gris Signé en bas à droite "graham" 32,5 x 25,3 cm - 12.59 x 9.84 in. 2- Nu allongé de dos - 1955 Encre de Chine sur papier vert Signé en bas à droite "Graham" 25 x 32,5 cm - 9.84 x 12.59 in. Commentaire : Set of two works on paper; India ink on grey paper; signed lower right; India ink on green paper; signed lower right Estimation 1 000 - 1 500 €

John GRAHAM 1886 - 1961 Un ensemble de deux oeuvres sur papier 1-Nu de dos - 1956

John GRAHAM 1886 - 1961 Un ensemble de deux oeuvres sur papier 1-Nu de dos - 1956 Encre de Chine sur papier gris Signé en bas à droite "Graham" 24,8 x 32,5 cm - 9.44 x 12.59 in. 2- Nu allongé sur le ventre - 1957 Encre de Chine sur papier gris Signé en haut à gauche "Graham" 25,1 x 32,3 cm - 9.84 x 12.59 in. Commentaire : Set of two works on paper; India ink on grey paper, signed lower right; India ink on grey paper, signed upper left Estimation 1 000 - 1 500 €

John Graham Russian/American, 1881/86-1961 Portrait of a Woman

John Graham Russian/American, 1881/86-1961 Portrait of a Woman Signed Graham (lr) Ink on paper 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (29.8 x 22.2 cm) Provenance: Ameringer Howard, New York C Property from the Collection of Phyllis Weil

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961) Still Life with Fish oil on canvas 24 7/8 x 30 1/8

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961) Still Life with Fish oil on canvas 24 7/8 x 30 1/8 in. (63.2 x 76.5 cm.)

John D. Graham Russian/American, 1881/6-1961 (i) Woman Before a Column, 1961 Together with Four other Drawings: FIVE

John D. Graham Russian/American, 1881/6-1961 (i) Woman Before a Column, 1961 Signed and dated Graham... 1961. Paris. (ll) Ink on paper Sight 4 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches (10.5 x 8.9 cm) (ii) Untitled: Easter Still Life, 1938 and Portraits of David and Marusia Burliuk: Two The first signed Graham (lr) and inscribed and dated Easter XXXVIII/New York City/1938 (ll); the second with several inscriptions by Marianna Graham Red ink on paper and ink on paper, respectively Each 13 1/4 x 8 inches (33.6 x 20.3 cm) Unframed; Together with two other drawings, one depicting a bust of a man, unsigned, marker on paper, 5 x 3 inches (12.7 x 7.6 cm); the other an ink on paper outline of a hand signed Graham and dated 1940 NY13 1/4 x 8 inches (33.6 x 20.3 cm) Unframed Harry Lowe was Deputy Director of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1982-1984. C Estate of Harry Lowe

John Graham (1886-1961): Fernande Barrey

Crayon on paper, signed 'Graham' and titled upper left, with label from Zabriskie Gallery, NY. 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (sheet), 14 3/4 x 17 in. (frame). Note: Fernande Barrey (1893-1960) was a French artist and model who sat for many notable painters.  From the Collection of Christopher English Walling

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Woman at the Window, circa 1925 Oil on canvas

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Woman at the Window, circa 1925 Oil on canvas 20 x 28-1/4 inches (50.8 x 71.8 cm) Signed twice lower left: Graham / Graham Signed and titled on the reverse: Woman at / the Window / Graham PROVENANCE: Dudensing Gallery, New York; Castellane Gallery, New York; Sotheby's, New York, May 24, 1972, lot 101; Acquired by the present owner from the above EXHIBITED: Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, "John Graham: Maverick Modernist", Retrospective," May 7-July 30, 2017; Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, New York, "Dark is the Night," July 24-September 6, 2020; Shin Gallery, New York, "Modernist Vanguards: John Graham, Willem de Kooning & Arshile Gorky," April 14-May 23, 2021. "Beauty cannot be foreseen. Beauty is the beautiful expanded to the verge of ugliness." (J. Graham, System and Dialectics of Art, New York, 1937, p. 133) John D. Graham was a figure of immense influence in the early years of American Modernism, both as an artist and as a connoisseur. Though Graham himself was not an abstract painter, he certainly understood the significance of gesture and was a precursor to action painters of the future. Indeed, Graham is widely credited as a major influencer in the formation of Abstract Expressionism. An eccentric of aristocratic bearing, John Graham cloaked many of the details of his early life in a colorful mythology of his own creation. There is considerable contradictory information surrounding the artist's early years, but we know that he was born Ivan Dombrovski in Kiev. He served as a cavalry officer in the Czar's army during World War I, escaped to Poland, and later to France, when the Bolsheviks seized power in 1917. In 1920, Graham arrived in New York and began his formal career as an artist. In New York, Graham soon befriended Alexander Calder, Barnett Newman, and Adolph Gottlieb at the Art Students League. Together, with Arshile Gorky and Willem de Kooning, they constituted the most influential artists of the New York School. By 1942, Graham organized the "Exhibition of French and American Painters" at the McMillen Gallery, which showed, for the first time, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, and Henri Matisse alongside such unknowns as Jackson Pollock and de Kooning. It was also at this time that Graham, remaining a realist among the abstractionists, began painting neo-classical figurative works, which eventually evolved into his signature series. As his early career unfolded throughout the 1920s, Graham explored a variety of styles. His work in this decade ranges from energetic, expressive Post-Impressionist still lifes to restrained, monochromatic studies inspired by Picasso. Among his variations on the same theme, Woman at the Window is one of the earliest known examples from the artist's renowned and arguably most important series that he revisited throughout his life. In the present work, Woman at the Window, Graham employs a background of rich black tones to frame a relaxed and composed nude woman as she sits in stark contrast to her surroundings. There is a sense of boldness and frankness in her nakedness. The sitter's flat, unmodulated décolletage, arms, and face appear almost unfinished. Whether intentional or not, this effect serves to press the figure against the background, vivifying the interplay of dimensional space. These "unfinished" areas dually function to show his allegiance to drawing, whereby he probes the limits of form, its edge, where one color meets another. Graham maintained his ties to Europe with frequent travel to Paris. By the 1930s, he had gained notoriety in New York art circles as an emissary of European Modernism, particularly Surrealism. At the same time, exhibitions of his work at t

JOHN D. GRAHAM (1881/86 - 1961): HOUSE IN THE WOODS

1925; pastel on paper, mounted on matted back, matted and framed under acrylic; signed and dated in pencil lower right; Provenance: The Jerry Magnin Family Office; 7 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches sheet; 17 3/4 x 18 3/4 inches frame

JOHN GRAHAM (UKRAINIAN- AMERICAN 1886-1961)

JOHN GRAHAM (UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN 1886-1961) Portrait of a Woman,1945 graphite on paper 33 x 25.4 cm (13 x 10 in.) framed dimensions: 63 x 53 cm (24 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.) signed and dated PROVENANCE With Loring Galleries, Greenwich, CT (label) With James Bute & Co., Houston, TX framers (label) Estate of Richard Dietz, Houston, TX His sale, where acquired by the present owner

J. D. GRAHAM (1881-1961) Russian - Ukrainian - French

John D. GRAHAM / nee Dombrovsky I. (1881 Kiev - 1961 London) ; Still-life ; 1920-30s ; oil on cardboard / framed ; dimensions 30 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL - $150 , National post with tracking service - $65

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Still Life, c. 1923-31

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Still Life, c. 1923-31 oil on canvas 18 x 24 1/4 inches. Provenance: The Artist Estate of the Artist Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York Private Collection Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York Purchased from the above by the present owner, 2008

John Graham American, 1881-1961 Portrait of a Man

John Graham American, 1881-1961 Portrait of a Man Signed Graham (lc) Colored pencil on paper 12 x 9 inches (30.5 x 22.9 cm) C 

John D. Graham Ukrainian/American, 1886-1961 Crouching Man with Beard

John D. Graham Ukrainian/American, 1886-1961 Crouching Man with Beard Inscribed John Graham by Shelby Shackelford (lr), purportedly Ink wash on paper 12 x 9 3/8 inches (30.5 x 23.8 cm) Provenance: Shelby Cox Shackelford Aylette Cox Jennes (by descent) Estate of Jack Tworkov, New York Private collection, Brooklyn C 

John D. Graham Ukrainian/American, 1886-1961 (i) Reclining Woman (ii) ASLEEP woodcut

John D. Graham Ukrainian/American, 1886-1961 (i) Reclining Woman Signed Graham (lr) Pencil on paper 8 7/8 x 9 5/8 inches (22.5 x 24.5 cm) Unframed (ii) [ASLEEP] Woodcut, signed in pencil 4 1/8 x 6 1/8 inches (10.5 x 15.5 cm), unframed Provenance: Shelby Cox Shackelford Aylette Cox Jennes (by descent) Estate of Jack Tworkov, New York Private collection, Brooklyn C 

John D. Graham Ukrainian/American, 1886-1961 Seated Woman: The Model

John D. Graham Ukrainian/American, 1886-1961 Seated Woman: The Model Inscribed John Graham by Shelby Shackelford (lr), purportedly Marker on paper 12 1/8 x 9 inches (30.8 x 2.8 cm) Unframed Provenance: Shelby Cox Shackelford Aylette Cox Jennes (by descent) Estate of Jack Tworkov, New York Private collection, Brooklyn C 

J. D. GRAHAM (1881-1961) Russian - Ukrainian - French

John D. GRAHAM / nee Dombrovsky I. (1881 Kiev - 1961 London) ; Still-life ; 1920-30s ; oil on cardboard / framed ; dimensions 30 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL - $150 , National post with tracking service - $65

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Untitled (City View), 1926

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Untitled (City View), 1926 gouache and watercolor on paper laid to board signed Graham and dated (lower right); signed (lower left) 9 1/4 x 12 inches. Property belonging to the JFM Foundation Collection, Denver, Colorado Provenance: Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, Chicago

JOHN GRAHAM (C.1881 - 1961, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN) Untitled, (double-sided drawing).

JOHN GRAHAM (C.1881 - 1961, RUSSIAN/AMERICAN) Untitled, (double-sided drawing). Pencil and crayon on paper. 273x210 mm; 10 3/4x8 1/4 inches. Provenance: Robert Schoelkopf Gallery, NY; Private collection, acquired from above, 1967.

John Graham Russian/American, 1881/86-1961 Maria, 1943

John Graham Russian/American, 1881/86-1961 Maria, 1943 Inscribed Joanus and dated XLIII (ll) Oil on canvas 24 x 20 1/4 inches (61 x 51.4 cm) Provenance: Donald Morris Gallery, Inc., Detroit, MI Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York C 

JOHN GRAHAM (1886-1961) Sketchbook with approximately 40 drawings.

JOHN GRAHAM (1886-1961) Sketchbook with approximately 40 drawings. Spiral-bound sketchbook with approximately 40 pencil, crayon or pen and ink drawings. 270x210 mm; 10 1/2x8 1/4 inches. Signed, dated "1960" and inscribed in ink on the front cover. With a pen and ink and crayon portrait of the artist David Burliuk on the front cover and a color crayon portrait of the artist Paul Manship on the rear cover. Circa 1930s-40s. The drawings in this sketchbook appear to date from the 1930s, when Graham was making work in the abstract, post-Cubist style of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973, see lot 176 and lot 177), to the 1940s, when his abstract style (there are several pencil drawings in the sketchbook of loosely rendered landscapes over which the artist has scrawled abstract color crayon lines) became a strong influence on Abstract Expressionist artists who he counted among his friends and acquaintances, such as Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Jackson Pollock (1912-1956), Lee Krasner (1908-1984), Mark Rothko (1903-1970) and David Smith (1906-1965, see lot 187), in addition to stylized portraits of artists and other figures he sketched in New York and Paris during the 1930s-40s, including the portraits of David Burliuk (1882-1967) and Paul Manship (1885-1966, see lot 42) on the covers.

JOHN GRAHAM (1886-1961) Two color pencil portrait drawings.

JOHN GRAHAM (1886-1961) Two color pencil portrait drawings. Adolf Basler * Judge Wells, with crosshatching in pen and ink, left recto. Titled in pencil, upper left recto. Both on beige sketch paper. Both 270x210 mm; 10 5/8x8 1/4 inches. Both circa 1934-35. Adolphe Basler (1876-1951) was a Paris-based critic and art dealer who discovered and promoted the work of emerging artists in the vibrant and cosmopolitan artistic scene of Montparnasse in the 1910s and 1920s. Graham's significant, influential career of four decades was marked by reinvention and a commitment to his vision of the endless possibilities of American Art. Born Ivan Dabrowsky in Kiev, Graham was a law student and a czarist soldier in the 1917 revolution. After imprisonment and the downfall of Nicholas II, Graham left Russia and arrived in the United States in 1920. Though it is unclear if he showed artistic inclination in Russia, Graham recreated himself as an art student in New York. He attended the Art Students League from 1922 to 1924, where he studied under John Sloan (1871-1951). In a meteoric rise to recognition, Graham's first solo museum exhibition was organized by Duncan Philips in 1929. Like many early career artists, Graham traveled to Paris (his work would later be exhibited at Galerie Zabriskie, Paris) and he came under the influence of the Surrealists and their psychoanalytical approach, however he remained dedicated to his mission of creating a new American Art. Along with Stuart Davis (1892-1964) and Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), Graham would provide a foundation for American Modernism and would be sought out by a new generation of the New York School (his watershed 1937 treatise, System and Dialectics of Art had advanced the Abstract Expressionist movement). During the 1940s, Graham departed from his post-Cubist style, and adopted a new loosened, abstract style. At this time, he served as a mentor to younger artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Arshile Gorky, whose works would shape the Abstract Expressionist movement. Graham was also considered influential to Lee Krasner, David Smith, Dorothy Dehner, and Mark Rothko. In his mature career, he found inspiration in Old Master works and he approached his canvases with a measure of dignity and mysticism. His portraits are powerful, standing out boldly from their flattened back drops. Simultaneously, Graham conveyed a delicate luminosity and vulnerability; his courtesans' askew eyes act to ground the figure in a plane between fantasy and reality. This merging of worlds characterizes not only Graham's work but also his storied, monumental life.

JOHN GRAHAM (1886-1961) Two color crayon portrait drawings.

JOHN GRAHAM (1886-1961) Two color crayon portrait drawings. Poet Armand. Signed and titled in crayon and pencil, upper left recto * Erskine (sculptor). Titled in pencil, upper left recto. With a pencil drawing of a man in profile, verso. Both 268x205 mm; 10 3/4x8 1/4 inches. Both circa 1934-35. Graham's significant, influential career of four decades was marked by reinvention and a commitment to his vision of the endless possibilities of American Art. Born Ivan Dabrowsky in Kiev, Graham was a law student and a czarist soldier in the 1917 revolution. After imprisonment and the downfall of Nicholas II, Graham left Russia and arrived in the United States in 1920. Though it is unclear if he showed artistic inclination in Russia, Graham recreated himself as an art student in New York. He attended the Art Students League from 1922 to 1924, where he studied under John Sloan (1871-1951). In a meteoric rise to recognition, Graham's first solo museum exhibition was organized by Duncan Philips in 1929. Like many early career artists, Graham traveled to Paris (his work would later be exhibited at Galerie Zabriskie, Paris) and he came under the influence of the Surrealists and their psychoanalytical approach, however he remained dedicated to his mission of creating a new American Art. Along with Stuart Davis (1892-1964) and Arshile Gorky (1904-1948), Graham would provide a foundation for American Modernism and would be sought out by a new generation of the New York School (his watershed 1937 treatise, System and Dialectics of Art had advanced the Abstract Expressionist movement). During the 1940s, Graham departed from his post-Cubist style, and adopted a new loosened, abstract style. At this time, he served as a mentor to younger artists such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Arshile Gorky, whose works would shape the Abstract Expressionist movement. Graham was also considered influential to Lee Krasner, David Smith, Dorothy Dehner, and Mark Rothko. In his mature career, he found inspiration in Old Master works and he approached his canvases with a measure of dignity and mysticism. His portraits are powerful, standing out boldly from their flattened back drops. Simultaneously, Graham conveyed a delicate luminosity and vulnerability; his courtesans' askew eyes act to ground the figure in a plane between fantasy and reality. This merging of worlds characterizes not only Graham's work but also his storied, monumental life.

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961) Woman with Drapery in Her Hand oil on canvas 36 x

JOHN GRAHAM (1881-1961) Woman with Drapery in Her Hand oil on canvas 36 x 25 in. (91.4 x 63.5 cm.)

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Still Life, c. 1923-31

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Still Life, c. 1923-31 oil on canvas 18 x 24 ¼ inches. Provenance: The Artist Estate of the Artist Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York Private Collection Mark Borghi Fine Art, New York Acquired directly from the above by the present owner, 2008

JOHN GRAHAM (UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN 1886-1961)

JOHN GRAHAM (UKRAINIAN-AMERICAN 1886-1961) Dream of a Woman , 1931 gouache and colored pencil on paper 14 x 18 cm (5 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.) initialed lower right PROVENANCE Private collection, Brunswick, Maine CONDITION Observed out of frame, the work appears in very good original condition. The sheet is laid down at each corner. Minor darkening around the perimeter. Otherwise, no significant issues to report. N.B. All lots are sold in as-is condition at the time of sale. Please note that any condition statement regarding works of art is given as a courtesy to our clients in order to assist them in assessing the condition. The report is a genuine opinion held by Shapiro Auctions and should not be treated as a statement of fact. The absence of a condition report or a photograph does not preclude the absence of defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of any others. Shapiro Auctions, LLC., including its consultants and agents, shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.

J. D. GRAHAM (1881-1961) Russian - Ukrainian - French

John D. GRAHAM / nee Dombrovsky I. (1881 Kiev - 1961 London) ; Still-life ; 1920-30s ; oil on cardboard / framed ; dimensions 30 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL - $150 , National post with tracking service - $65

JOHN GRAHAM (AMERICAN, 1881-1961).

Mixed media on board. Nude. 1960. Signed and dated upper right. Sketch verso. From a Queens, NY collection.

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Still Life with Kerosene Lamp Oil on board 17-

John Graham (American, 1886-1961) Still Life with Kerosene Lamp Oil on board 17-1/4 x 14-1/4 inches (43.8 x 36.2 cm) Signed lower left: Graham Property of a Distinguished New York Collector PROVENANCE: Collection of Robert J. Peyser; Estate of the above; Solomon & Co. Fine Art, New York; Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1997. HID01801242017

JOHN GRAHAM | Le Porte-Manteau

Signed Oil On Canvas Hijab Woman

Signed oil on canvas, signature in the lower right corner in black reads illegibly, subject a woman in hijab seated beneath an umbrella in what appears to be a street market with various food to sell seated in the background are various figures and more umbrellas, inner frame made of tan linen, gilt wood frame with black and red painted accents, some chips and scratches to frame, written on reverse reads 946, measures 31 inches tall by 20 inches wide, not examined out of frame, Signed, oil on canvas, hijab woman, market place, Impressionism, expressionism, modern art, 20th century art, gilt wood frame, painted frame, wall art, home decor. 7

Offset Lithograph by John Graham

Offset Lithograph, title along the bottom reads ‘Andre Emmerich Gallery - New York June 1966’, artist name written in large bold white letters along the lower section with his birth and death reads ‘John Graham 1881-1961’, subject head and upper half of a nude of a woman with polycoria in one eye with various French text throughout, offset lithograph not properly placed in frame, white matting, silver metal kulicke frame, small scratch to paper, major foxing to reverse measures 32.5 inches tall by 25.25 inches wide, not examined out of frame, Offset Lithograph, lithograph, print, poster print, John Graham, Andre Emmerich Gallery, modernism, Russian art, American art, abstract art, wall art, home decor, kulicke frame. 7 John D. Graham was a Russian Empire-born American Modernist / figurative painter, collector and mentor of modernist artists in New York City. Born Ivan Gratianovitch Dombrowsky in Kiev, Russian Empire into an aristocratic family, he studied law before serving as a cavalry officer in World War

J. D. GRAHAM (1881-1961) Russian - Ukrainian - French

John D. GRAHAM / nee Dombrovsky I. (1881 Kiev - 1961 London) ; Still-life ; 1920-30s ; oil on cardboard / framed ; dimensions 30 x 41 cm (12 x 16 in.) ; signed lower right corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL - $150 , National post with tracking service - $65

John Graham 1881-1961, Andre Emmerich Gallery

John Graham 1881-1961, Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, June 1966, offset, cm 71x55,5. Condition A-