Lot 57
  • 57

Doris Lee 1905 - 1983

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Doris Lee
  • The Wall (The Wall at MoMA)
  • signed Doris Lee (lower right)
  • oil on canvas
  • 46 by 50 inches
  • (116.8 by 127 cm)
  • Painted circa 1940s.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
World House Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner, 2004

Exhibited

New York, D. Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., Doris Lee (1905-1983): Life's Small Pleasures, September-November 2010, p. 32, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The canvas is unlined. Under UV: There are a few pindots and one thin line of inpainting at the upper center edge.
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