Lot 219
  • 219

Georg Herold

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Georg Herold
  • (i) Deutsche Wertarbeit(ii) Button Painting
  • (i) titled and dated 1988 on the stretcher
    (ii) signed and dated 88 on the reverse

  • each: buttons, thread, watercolour and shellac on primed canvas
  • (i) 18 by 23.7cm.; 7 by 9 1/4 in. (ii) 30.5 by 23cm.; 12 by 9in.

Provenance

Koury Wingate, New York

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the originals and the backgounds tend more towards ivory white. Condition: (i) This work is in very good condition. There is a light layer of dust trapped in the varnished areas of the composition. There is minor wear and slight discolouration to all four corner tips. (ii) This work is in very good condition. There is a light layer of dust trapped in the varnished areas of the composition.
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