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.
Provenance
The ArtistPrivate Collection of Guy and Marion Naggar via Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London in 1989
Phillips 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, London 27 June 2016
Frameless Gallery, London
Private Collection, London
Annely Juda Fine Art, London
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
