Lot 1
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American School

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • American School
  • His and Hers
  • oil on canvas
  • 50 by 30 in.
  • 127 by 76.2 cm.

Provenance

Oscar and Maria Salzer, Los Angeles
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1982

Exhibited

Los Angeles, California, University of Southern California; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Museum of Art; Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Art; Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Reality and Deception, October, 1974-April,,1975

Literature

Donald J. Brewer, "Reality and Deception: Exhibition at the University of Southern California," American Art Review, January-February 1975, illustrated in color p. 89 (credited to Alexander Pope)
Portraits of Objects: Oscar and Maria Salzer Collection, Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science, 1984, no. 10, illustrated

Condition

Canvas is lined. SURFACE: in good condition, generally; craquelure throughout (stable, barely shows) UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: center/still life area is clean except for several repaints around the flowers; scattered strokes/spots of inpaint in background: heaviest at center, right, where there are several heavy strokes, then, upper right where there are a few spots, then a few scattered dots/dashes
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