Lot 109
  • 109

Rudolf Bauer

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Rudolf Bauer
  • Green Point
  • Signed Rudolf Bauer (lower right); signed Rudolf Bauer (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 25 1/2 by 17 3/4 in.
  • 64.8 by 45.1 cm

Provenance

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Adler/Castillo Galleries, New York
Acquired from the above in 1980

Exhibited

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Museum of Non-Objective Art, Art of Tomorrow, 1939, no. 35, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Work is in very good condition. Canvas is unlined. Surface is slightly dirty, especially near upper stretcher bar mark. One tiny chip of loss near upper edge four inches from upper right corner. Some minor surface cracks in black pigment at lower center and in red sphere at lower right, a few minor cracks elsewhere. Under UV light: a few small dots of inpainting near upper left corner to address prior frame abrasion. Otherwise fine. On reverse, work is signed Rudolf Bauer in black pigment.
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