Lishinsky, Saul (American, 1922-2012). SELF-PORTRAIT (WEARING TURTLE NECK SWEATER AND JACKET). Pencil and black crayon on cream-colored wove paper, circa 1965. Signed in ink, lower right. 11 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches, 297 x 221 mm. (sheet). Lishinsky was a New York City artist, who had a studio in Westbeth, where he drew and painted. He did murals for Library branches in NY, and was deeply involved in programs using art as therapy. In his old age, he moved to a nursing home, and the decades of work in his studio was dispersed, mostly via the 26th Street Flea Market in NY.
