Lot 187
  • 187

Arbit Blatas

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Arbit Blatas
  • Sunset in Venice
  • Signed A. BLATAS (lower left)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 25 5/8 by 39 1/2 in.
  • 65.1 by 100.3 cm

Literature

Toledo Museum of Art, Fortieth Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Painting, 1953, titled Twilight

Condition

Oil on canvas. Colors are bright and fresh. Minor surface dirt. A large amount of the picture is not painted and the brown visible across the picture plane is the ground. Under UV light, some of the pigments and glazes fluoresce. There is an area of inpaint in the clouds directly above the steeple. In overall good condition.
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