Lot 37
  • 37

Adolph Gottlieb

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
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Description

  • Adolph Gottlieb
  • Interpenetration
  • signed, titled and dated 1954 on the reverse
  • oil and enamel on Masonite
  • 30 by 24 3/8 in. 76.2 by 61.9 cm.

Provenance

Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York
Private Collection
Private Collection
Christie’s, New York, 10 March 2011, Lot 148
Private Collection (acquired from the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Omaha, Joslyn Art Museum; Phoenix Art Museum; Manchester, Currier Gallery of Art, Adolph Gottlieb: Paintings 1921-1956, May 1979 - April 1980, p. 58, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Under close inspection, there is evidence of a few, scattered pinpoint losses to the peaks of the pigment and a few areas of fine, stable craquelure visible in the lower right quadrant. Under very close inspection, there is a minor ¼ inch area of pigment loss along the lower edge at the center right. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there are a few minor areas, particularly near the top edge which fluoresce darkly. Framed.
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