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Painting
Boy with Dice
Shoeshine Boy
George Luks, 1867 - 1933
Luks, George
United States
1867 - 1933
Male
30 5/16 x 26 5/16 in. (77 x 66.8 cm)
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Oil
Oil
ca. 1923-1924
1923
1924
5964
1900-2000, 20th century, children, paintings, portraits
Painting
This painting of a shoeshine boy is a part of a series Luks made of young boys who worked on the streets of New York.
[Gallery label text, 2007
Luks, like Glackens, was originally from Philadelphia and moved to New York City in 1896. He was one of The Eight who exhibited together at Macbeth Gallery in 1908, and his painting of a boy with dice reflects his interest in depicting aspects of life in the lower classes. Here, a boy who looks to be no more than ten is smoking, more than likely earning his own living as a shoeshine boy, and supplementing his income by gambling.
The painting, inscribed To Elizabeth, was given by the artist to his student, Elizabeth Olds, who studied with him at the Art Students League in New York City. Elizabeth Olds was an accomplished printmaker and, like her teacher, believed in the importance of art for all people, not just the upper classes.
[Gallery label text, 2003]
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