Leon Kossoff British, 1926-2019
Portrait of Chaim II, 1987
oil on board
101.5 x 77 cm
40 x 30 ¼ in
40 x 30 ¼ in
The sitter is Chaim Kossoff, Leon Kossoff's brother and the eldest of Rachel and Wolf Kossoff's seven children. He ran his own bakery business and first appears in Kossoff's paintings...
The sitter is Chaim Kossoff, Leon Kossoff's brother and the eldest of Rachel and Wolf Kossoff's seven children. He ran his own bakery business and first appears in Kossoff's paintings in 1975, seated at a table with other family members. He began sitting regularly for his brother in 1982.
Twenty-four portraits (including this one) followed, including 'Portrait of Chaim no. 1', which directly preceded this painting and is held in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Exhibitions
Face to Face: A Celebration of PortraitureMarlborough, London
9 June – 14 July 2023
Leon Kossoff – A London Life
Piano Nobile, London
1 March – 22 May 2019
Illustrated in the catalogue, no. 23 pp. 90-93
Leon Kossoff
Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
9 September - 8 October 1988
Illustrated in the catalogue
Literature
Andrea Rose, Leon Kossoff, Catalogue Raisonné of the Oil Paintings, Modern Art Press, London, 2021, no. 347, p. 427, Illustrated in colour
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