Lot 52
  • 52

Fritz Scholder

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Fritz Scholder
  • Untitled
  • oil on canvas
  • 29 7/8 by 24 3/8 in.
  • 75.9 by 61.9 cm.
  • Executed circa 1959.

Provenance

Private Collection, San Diego (acquired directly from the artist circa 1990)

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The surface is somewhat soiled. Some craquelure and pigment separation throughout, more noticeable in the upper left and center. The canvas is dented from behind, lower left. There are sattered areas of minute loss to very thickly painted areas and also some minute specks of loss to paint, upper left and lower right at edges Under Ultra Violet light: no signs of in-paint; upper left corner flouresces where there is a freasher application of brown paint, possibly applied by the artist.
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