{"product_id":"jack-levine-geisha-with-attendant-hand-embellished-pochoir-facing-east-portfolio-1970-gilt-frame","title":"Jack Levine “Geisha With Attendant” — Hand-Embellished Pochoir, Facing East Portfolio, 1970 | Gilt Frame","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA striking and collectible work on paper by Jack Levine (American, 1915–2010), one of the preeminent figures of American Social Realism and a proud Boston-born artist whose work is held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis hand-embellished pochoir — a labor-intensive stencil print with hand-applied color — depicts a geisha in colorful silk robes walking beneath paper lanterns, accompanied by her young attendant in brown. The image is rich with atmosphere: the warm ochres and earth tones of the figures set against a luminous grey ground give the composition an almost watercolor-like intimacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe work is from Levine’s celebrated “Facing East” portfolio (1970), a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning author James Michener, published by Maecenas Press\/Random House. Levine traveled to Japan to sketch firsthand, and the Facing East prints are among his most decoratively beautiful and sought-after works on paper. A preparatory gouache study for this exact composition sold through Swann Auction Galleries.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitled in pencil lower right. Presented in an attractive ecru and gilt frame with glass. Overall good condition; frame shows minor dust consistent with age.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium: Hand-embellished pochoir on grey wove paper\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: 1970\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImage size: 14” H × 11” W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFramed size: 21” H × 17” W × 1” D\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautiful piece for a collector of American prints, Japanesque decorative art, or mid-century works on paper — and a rare opportunity to own a work connected to one of Boston’s most celebrated painters at an accessible price point.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Legacy Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52327648657688,"sku":null,"price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/5244\/9560\/files\/IMG_2124.jpg?v=1782172942","url":"https:\/\/legacyfindboston.com\/products\/jack-levine-geisha-with-attendant-hand-embellished-pochoir-facing-east-portfolio-1970-gilt-frame","provider":"Legacy Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}