Lot 88
  • 88

John Graham

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • John Graham
  • Untitled (Adolfo and Anna Saporetti)
  • charcoal heightened with white on paper laid down on paper
  • 16 by 12 1/2 in.
  • 40.6 by 31.6 cm.
  • Executed circa 1943-46

Provenance

Max Granick (acquired directly from the artist, circa 1950)
By descent in the family of the above
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

in fairly good condition; sheet is thin, almost like tracing paper--is laid down on rice paper; some fading to surface; some soiling: a few stray marks, light stains; pinholes at upper corners; sheet is hinged to backing with pieces of white paper tape along upper edge, verso
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