Lot 254
  • 254

Larry Rivers

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Larry Rivers
  • King of Spades
  • oil on canvas
  • 41 by 34 in. 104 by 86.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1960.

Provenance

Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Dwan Gallery, Los Angeles
Estate of Willam Lafayette Dugger, Jr., Beverly Hills
By descent to the present owners from the above

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of extremely fine craquelure along the pull margins. There are two 7 inch fine vertical abrasions respectively located 8 inches from the left edge and 5 inches from the bottom edge, and 9 ¾ inches from the left edge and 15 inches from the bottom edge. Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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