Lot 178
  • 178

Manuel Quintana-Castillo (b. 1928)

Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Manuel Quintana-Castillo
  • Bailarina Nocturna
  • signed and dated 1955 lower left
  • oil on canvas
  • 51 by 27 1/2 in.
  • 130 by 70 cm

Provenance

Estudio Actual, Caracas
CDS Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Caracas, Fundación Galería de Arte Nacional, Manuel Quintana-Castillo: La Piel del tiempo, July-October 2002
New York, CDS Gallery, Voices of the Americas, May 2003
New York, CDS Gallery, Latin American Art: The Second Generation, May 2005

Condition

This work is in generally good condition overall. The canvas is unlined and well-stretched. Craquelure is present particularly in the upper quadrants of the work. The paint layer is stable. Under ultraviolet inspection, twelve small, isolated spots of in-painting are apparent.
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