- 108
Adolph Gottlieb
Estimate
180,000 - 250,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Adolph Gottlieb
- Man Looking at Woman II
- signed; signed, titled and dated 1949 on the reverse
- oil, gouache, tempera and enamel on linen
- 48 by 36 in. 121.9 by 91.4 cm.
Provenance
Private Collection, New York
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above by the present owner)
M. Knoedler & Co., Inc., New York
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above by the present owner)
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art; Waltham, Brandeis University, Rose Art Museum, Adolph Gottlieb, February - October 1968
Edmonton Art Gallery; The Vancouver Art Gallery; Calgary, The Contemporain; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Adolph Gottlieb: Pictographs, November 1977 - September 1978
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Pictographs of Adolph Gottlieb, February - March 1987
Edmonton Art Gallery; The Vancouver Art Gallery; Calgary, The Contemporain; The Art Gallery of Ontario, Adolph Gottlieb: Pictographs, November 1977 - September 1978
New York, M. Knoedler & Co., Pictographs of Adolph Gottlieb, February - March 1987
Literature
Max Kozloff, "Review," The Nation, 4 March 1968
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The surface is unlined and on the original stretcher. The edges of the canvas are fabric-taped. There is evidence of wear and handling at the edges including hairline craquelure at the pull margins with some minor and unobtrusive pinpoint spots of loss particularly at the pull margins. There are areas of fine, scattered craquelure throughout including two spots of radial craquelure in the lower right corner. There are a few pinpoint, unobtrusive accretions visible. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there are some minor areas in the white craquelure along the left center edge and in the right lower edge that appear to have benefited from light retouching. Framed.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"Today, when our aspirations have been reduced to a desperate attempt to escape from evil and times are out of joint, our obsessive, subterranean, and pictographic images are the expression of the neurosis which is our reality."
Adolph Gottlieb