Lot 80
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HOVSEP PUSHMAN | My Past Dreams No. 2

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Hovsep Pushman
  • My Past Dreams No. 2
  • signed Pushman (lower left)
  • oil on board
  • 23 by 17 1/2 inches
  • (58.4 by 44.5 cm)
  • Painted circa 1940.
oil on panelsigned 'Pushman' (lower left)

Provenance

The artist
Grand Central Art Galleries, New York
Alexander Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1981

Exhibited

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, n.d.

Literature

Artist's record book, no. 385

Condition

The board has been lined with canvas ans mounted to a stretcher. There is very fine surface cracking in the background. Under UV: the work retains an uneven varnish. There appear to be scattered pindots of inpainting in the tablecloth in foreground and a few scattered dots in the background.
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Catalogue Note

This work is number HP00789 in the online catalogue raisonnĂ© of the artist's work and can be accessed at www.hovseppushman.net