Lot 271
  • 271

Richard Tuttle

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Tuttle
  • Checkerboard Series (4) and Double Maximum: Two Works
  • i) watercolor on paper
    ii) pencil and watercolor on paper
  • i) 9 by 5 3/4 in.; 22.9 by 14.5 cm.
  • ii) 12 by 9 in.; 30.5 by 22.9 cm.
  • i) Executed in 1968. ii) Executed in 1969.

Provenance

Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich

Exhibited

i) Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Richard Tuttle, June 11- September 11, 1977, catalogue no. 4
Gent, Museum van Hedendaagse, June 3- July 3, 1978, catalogue no. 2, illustrated
ii) Basel, Kunsthalle Basel, Richard Tuttle, June 11- September 11, 1977, catalogue no. 35
Gent, Museum van Hedendaagse, June 3- July 3, 1978, catalogue no. 11, illustrated

Literature

i) Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich, List of Drawing Material of Richard Tuttle, 1977, no. 4
ii) Galerie Annemarie Verna, Zurich, List of Drawing Material of Richard Tuttle, 1977, no 40

Condition

i) in good condition aside from discoloration to sheet (including mat burn). Scattered brown stains, mostly center right. Rippling to sheet. Diagonal crease at edge upper right. VERSO: inscribed in pencil along the bottom (possibly in another hand): 'no 4 Checkerboard Series (4) Richard Tuttle'. Attached to backing at each upper edge. ii) in good condition aside from discoloration to sheet (including mat burn). VERSO: inscribed in pencil along the bottom (possibly in another hand): 'no 40 Double Maximum 1969 Richard Tuttle'. Attached to backing at each upper edge.
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