Alice Neel

The Soyer Brothers
1973

An expressive painting of two elderly men sitting side by side on a bench, with one man resting his chin on his hand in a contemplative pose and the other holding his hands together. Both are dressed in suits and have a somber expression. The artwork is signed and dated in the lower left corner.
An expressive painting of two elderly men sitting side by side on a bench, with one man resting his chin on his hand in a contemplative pose and the other holding his hands together. Both are dressed in suits and have a somber expression. The artwork is signed and dated in the lower left corner.

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Date
1973

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 59 15/16 × 46 3/16in. (152.2 × 117.3 cm)

Accession number
74.77

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from Arthur M. Bullowa, Sydney Duffy, Stewart R. Mott and Edward Rosenthal

Rights and reproductions
© The Estate of Alice Neel. Courtesy The Estate of Alice Neel and David Zwirner

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