Lot 135
  • 135

Nemesio Antúnez (1918-1993)

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Nemesio Antúnez
  • Puente de CuraÇao (Diptych)
  • signed lower center; also signed twice, dated 1968 and inscribed Son dos partes inseparables on the reverse of the right canvas; signed twice and inscribed Son dos e inseparables on the reverse of the left canvas
  • oil on canvas
  • Each: 20 by 20 in.
  • 50.8 by 50.8 cm

Provenance

Estudio Actual, Caracas
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

New York, CDS Gallery, Latin American Artists, Exhibition 127, May 1994

Condition

Paint loss and frame abrasions are available along the right edge of the left canvas. Scratches of varying lengths are present in the lower quadrants of the right canvas, in addition to frame abrasion along the top edge. Each canvas is unlined and well-stretched. Under ultraviolet inspection, accretions appear in the upper left quadrant of the left canvas. Overall, this work is in very good condition.
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