Lot 470
  • 470

Ross Bleckner

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Ross Bleckner
  • Unknown Quantities of Light (Part V)
  • signed on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 108 by 144 in. 274.3 by 365.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1988.

Provenance

Mary Boone Gallery, New York
Winnie Fung, New York
Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, May 14, 2004, lot 224
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Ross Bleckner, March - May 1995, no. 41, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are scattered pinpoint white spot accretions. There is evidence of light handling and wear along the edges and a few fine linear abrasions along the bottom edge. There is a very faint stretcher bar impression in the center of the canvas. Additionally, there are a few scattered pinpoint losses. Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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