Lot 155
  • 155

Claudio Bravo (b. 1936)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Claudio Bravo
  • Eggplants
  • signed and dated MCMLXXIII lower right
  • pastel on paper
  • 18 1/2 by 20 1/8 in.
  • 47 by 51 cm
  • Executed in 1983.

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner (1983)

Exhibited

New York, Marlborough Gallery, Claudio Bravo. Recent Paintings and Works on Paper, November 5-November 29, 1984

Literature

Paul Bowles and Mario Vargas Llosa, Claudio Bravo, New York, 1997, p. 111, illustrated in color
Paul Bowles, Francisco Calvo Serraller and Edward J. Sullivan, Claudio Bravo, Paintings and Drawings (1964/2004), New York, 2005, p. 108, illustrated in color

Condition

The paper is unhinged. There are pinholes in each coener. There are faint possible rubs to the center, far left side (below the stem) and another in the upper left corner. Overall, this work is in excellent condition.
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