Lot 128
  • 128

James Brooks

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • James Brooks
  • Kass
  • signed; signed, titled and dated 1962 on the reverse
  • acrylic emulsion and oil on canvas

  • 48 1/8 by 54 in. 122.2 by 137.1 cm.

Provenance

Samuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers, New York (acquired in 1963)
Gift of the above to the present owner in 1971

Exhibited

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, James Brooks Retrospective, February - March 1963, no. 41
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, James Brooks, May - June 1972, no. 25

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The slightly uneven surface appears to be inherent to the medium and artist’s working method. Under Ultraviolet inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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