Lot 173
  • 173

James Guy 1909-1983

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • James Guy
  • Capital Minus Labor
  • signed Guy and dated '38, l.r.; signed James Guy and titled "Capital minus Labor" on the reverse
  • oil on canvasboard
  • 14 1/4 by 18 in.
  • 36.2 by 45.8 cm.

Provenance

David Burliuk (acquired directly from the artist)
By descent in the family of the above to the present owner

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth Annual Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, 1940

Condition

SURFACE: in good condition, generally; some pigment separation in dark brown and blue pigments at right UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: several scattered dots/dashes of inpainting throughout; a few short horizontal lines--two on central man's back, one at tree at left, one on mirror woman is looking into at left
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