Lot 8
  • 8

Morris Graves 1910-2001

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Morris Graves
  • Bird of the inner eye
  • signed M. Graves and dated 33, l.r.
  • oil on board
  • 15 7/8 by 19 3/4 in.
  • 40.4 by 50.2 cm.

Provenance

Schoelkopf Gallery, New York
Esther Stuttman Gallery, New York
Felix Landau, Los Angeles
ACA Gallery, New York
Stephen Mazoh, New York
Gerald Peters Gallery, New York
James Goodman Gallery, New York
Private collection, Lockport, New York

Exhibited

Rochester, New York, The Memorial Art Gallery of University of Rochester, Twentieth Century Art: The Charles Rand Penney Collection, (traveling exhibition), November 12, 1983-May, 1988

Condition

In good condition; some pigment separation on the bird. Under UV light: touch-ups to large pigment separation on the bird; a round area of inpainting at upper right and a few small spots at lower right.
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