Lot 104
  • 104

Adolph Gottlieb

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Adolph Gottlieb
  • A Palette of Imagery
  • signed
  • oil on canvas
  • 28 by 36 in. 71.1 by 91.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1944.

Provenance

Estate of Karl Nierendorf, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1948)
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 28, 1976, lot 599
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Gallery 67, Adolph Gottlieb, March 1945
London, Hayward Gallery, Dada & Surrealism Reviewed, January – March 1978

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of light wear and rubbing located at the lateral edges of the painting. There is very fine craquelure in the area of red paint at the top right. There is a spot accretion 4 ½ inch from the bottom and 3 in. from the right. There is a very fine, 1 inch abrasion 7 ¼ inches from the bottom and 15 inches from the right. Under ultra violet light inspection, there is no evidence of inpainting. Framed.
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