Lot 29
  • 29

Paul Cadmus

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Paul Cadmus
  • Dancer by a Mirror
  • signed Cadmus, u.r.
  • pastel, charcoal and colored pencil on colored paper
  • 22 1/4 by 38 in.
  • 56.5 by 96.5 cm.
  • Executed circa 1962-63.

Provenance

Midtown Galleries, New York
ACA Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owners mother from the above, 1971

Exhibited

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia Water Color Club, 164th Annual Exhibition: American Watercolors, Prints and Drawings, January-March 1969

Condition

Good condition. Unframed: small loss at lower center under frame, some discoloring from water damage in lower right and to left of shin in upper right; remnants of old tape along right edge, attached to the mat in several places along edges of reverse.
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Catalogue Note

The model for this drawing is Cadmus' longtime companion, Jon Andersson.