{"product_id":"richard-merkin-broken-blossoms-le-chien-d-or-1990-oil-on-canvas","title":"Richard Merkin, (Broken Blossoms: Le Chien D’Or, 1990, oil on canvas","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"lot-descr-box\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eRichard Merkin, (American, 1938-2009)\u003cbr\u003eBroken Blossoms: Le Chien D’Or, 1990, oil on canvas, signed upper right\u003cbr\u003ethe reverse inscribed Broken Blossoms #3, 1990, begun 1989,Merkin, Le Chien d’Or54 by 76 in.\u003cbr\u003eProvenance: Helander Gallery, New York, and Palm Beach\u003cbr\u003eExhibited: Rhode Island School of Design\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ecf. Richard Merkin stated, the offered lot, is one o\u003cimg\u003ef three paintings based upon movie stills from classic David Griffith Films. The offered lot relates to the Griffith 1919 film, Broken Blossoms, starring Lillian Gish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe artist received his MFA in painting in 1963, from the Rhode Island School of Design,\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Emeritus, Department of Painting; taught at RISD 1963-2005.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMerkin merges his role as a connoisseur of city life with his role as painter and social historian, he retrieves lost cultural artifacts, a gangster, foreigners, a bowler and generally obscure things, with Jazz Age undertones, on canvas in cubist, comic-laced landscapes or interior scenes replete with tropical colors.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition Report\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood condition\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"A.B. Levy's","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44929992065203,"sku":null,"price":14800.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/0956\/8609\/files\/22_8b6f0375-2d6c-4fe0-9f91-94a839d35e40.jpg?v=1755711712","url":"https:\/\/shop.ablevys.com\/products\/richard-merkin-broken-blossoms-le-chien-d-or-1990-oil-on-canvas","provider":"A.B. Levy's","version":"1.0","type":"link"}