Lot 9
  • 9

Larry Rivers

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Larry Rivers
  • Bathers
  • signed and dated '52
  • oil pastel, pencil and charcoal on paper
  • 13 3/4 by 16 1/2 in. 34.9 by 41.9 cm.

Provenance

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. George L. Sturman, Chicago
Collection of Edwin Denby
Irving Galleries, Palm Beach
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

Sam Hunter, Larry Rivers, New York, 1972, pl. 27, p. 61, illustrated
Larry Rivers, Drawings and Digressions, New York, 1979, p. 38, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse to the backing board along the top edge. There is pale time-staining to the sheet. There are artist's pin holes in the top right corner. There is evidence of some subtle dripping of the spray fixative in the upper left. There is a fine 1/4 in. tear 4 inches from the left at the top edge of the sheet. Framed under glass.
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