Lot 256
  • 256

William Bailey

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • William Bailey
  • French Room
  • signed, titled, and dated 1965-67 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 63 1/2 by 43 1/2 in.
  • 161.3 by 110.5 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection, USA

Exhibited

New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, 22 Realists, February - March 1970

Literature

James K. Monte, 22 Realists, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1970, p.16
Giuliano Briganti and John Hollander, William Bailey, University of Michigan, 1991, p. 42, illustrated in color

Condition

The work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. There is hairline craquelure throughout. There are some faint, scattered accretions, mostly in the lower portion of the composiiton. There appears to have been a matte varnish applied to the surface. Framed.
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