Lot 121
  • 121

Adolph Gottlieb

Estimate
80,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Adolph Gottlieb
  • Blue on Black
  • acrylic on paper mounted on canvas
  • 24 by 18 7/8 in. 61 by 47.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1970.

Provenance

Estate of the Artist
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, New York
Private Collection, Stockholm
Bukowskis, Stockholm, November 16, 2011, lot 405
Private Collection, Sweden
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Marlborough Gallery, Adolph Gottlieb: Works on Paper 1970, February - March 1971
Reno, Sierra Nevada Museum of Art, The New York School 1940 - 1960, February - March 1979
Cologne, Galerie Wentzel, Adolph Gottlieb: Bilder, Gouachen, Monotypien, Skulpturen, March - June 1984, illustrated on the cover

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a spot of rubbing to the blue paint at the bottom of the burst. The sheet is laid down to canvas. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed. *Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 14th.*
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