The Kiss by Alexander Dobkin

Alexander Dobkin Original lithograph titled "The Kiss". From an edition of 150. Signed, titled, and numbered, in pencil. Blind stamp Alexander Dobkin was a noted artist and author. Born in Italy, Alexander Dobkin moved to New York at an early age and studied at the City College of New York and at the Art Students League, under George Bridgeman and Jose Clemente Orozco. His first one man exhibition was held at New York´s A.C.A. Gallery in 1935. He later exhibited at such major institutions as the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery and the Carnegie Institute. Dobkin also illustrated a number of fine books and taught for many years in New York at both the Educational Alliance and at the Art Students League. Today his original paintings and lithographs are included in the following collections; the Butler Art Institute, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Tel Aviv Museum, Israel, the Philadelphia Museum of Art.