Lot 28
  • 28

Steve Wheeler 1912-1992

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Steve Wheeler
  • Strangers
  • signed Wheeler, l.r.
  • tempera on board
  • 6 1/2 by 9 in.
  • 16.5 by 22.9 cm.
  • Painted circa 1939-42

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Snyder Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1997

Exhibited

New York, Snyder Fine Art, Steve Wheeler, Formative Years (1938-1942), 1997, no. 31

Condition

in good condition (work is framed under glass)
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Catalogue Note

The composition is based on Picasso's painting, "Three Musicians", in the Museum of Modern Art, New York.