Artist Levy Jr.
Title Untitled - Man Removing Pants
Media black stone carving
Size 5 x 6.5 x 2.5 in. / 12.7 x 16.5 x 6.4 cm.

Notes
signed and inscribed '23035' on bottom

Reference
according to the consignor, 'Our Levy - a man removing his pants, is curiously expressionistic. Its central focus is an exposed penis. But it is just a stub, the phallus couchant. The paradox is the different lengths of the arms. Even allowing for the possible loss of the right fist, the man’s left arm is dramatically longer than the right. This work seems to be about anatomical expansion. The arms demonstrate the physical possibility of extension, that tacitly applies to the penal stump as well. The man’s stretching may suggest an erection.'

Provenance
The Yacowar-Petrie collection, 50 years in the making, comes from two longtime Calgarians now retired in Victoria, B.C. Anne Petrie was the award-winning CBC TV journalist [Petrie on Prime, etc.] and author [Gone to an Aunt’s]. English/Film Studies Professor Maurice Yacowar had a double stint at the University of Calgary, as the founding [and the first fired] editor of the student paper, The Gauntlet, then as Dean of Fine Arts.
Estimate CAD$400-$600