RAPHAEL SOYER (AMERICAN 1899-1987) Parting, circa 1943 oil on canvas 33 x 30.3 cm (13 x 11 7/8 in.) signed lower right PROVENANCE (Possibly) ACA Gallery, New York Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York (label on verso) Gift to the previous owner from the above, 1966 Christie's, New York, September 29, 2009, lot 177 Acquired at the above by the present owner EXHIBITED Washington, D.C., Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, A Birthday Celebration: Raphael Soyer, December 5, 1979 - January 20, 1980, no. 7. LITERATURE Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, A Birthday Celebration: Raphael Soyer, exhibition checklist (Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, 1979), no. 7