Lot 104
  • 104

Avigdor Stematsky

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Negev
  • signed Stematsky, signed in Hebrew and dated 62 (lower right); signed A. Stematsky and signed  in Hebrew (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 25 5/8 by 36 3/8 in.
  • 65.2 by 92.4 cm.
  • Painted in 1962.

Provenance

Rose Sheskin Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above, early 1960's

Then by descent to the present owner

 

Condition

Not relined. There are scattered areas of craquelure, particularly in the upper right 1/4 of the work. There are a few very minor bits of impasto that have chipped off. Under uv: no inpainting.
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