Lot 461
  • 461

Susan Rothenberg

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Susan Rothenberg
  • Buddha with Bamboo
  • oil on canvas
  • 55 7/8 by 113 1/4 in. 141.5 by 287.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1988.

Provenance

Sperone Westwater, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in October 1988

Exhibited

Rome, Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Susan Rothenberg: Paintings and Drawings, June - July 1988
Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; The Saint Louis Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Seattle Art Museum, Susan Rothenberg, Paintings and Drawings, November 1992 - January 1994, cat. no. 60, p. 135, illustrated in color

Literature

Joan Simon, Susan Rothenberg, New York, 1991, p. 160, illustrated in color
Michael Auping, Susan Rothenberg: Paintings and Drawings, 1992, p. 135, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is scattered light drying craquelure and evidence of light handling and wear. There is a thin five inch stabilized tear in the canvas with associated paint loss located 38 and 1/4 inches from the right side at the top of the canvas. Unframed.
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