Lot 344
  • 344

Susan Rothenberg

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Susan Rothenberg
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 1988 on the reverse
  • liquid graphite, graphite and charcoal on paper
  • 55 by 42 3/8 in. 139.7 by 107.6 cm.

Provenance

Willard Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Ithaca, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art; Honolulu, Contemporary Art Museum; Santa Fe, Museum of Fine Arts, Susan Rothenberg Drawings and Prints, August 1998 - May 1999
New York, Acquavella Galleries, Inc., Drawings, Watercolors and Gouaches: from Toulouse-Lautrec to Freud, September - October 2007, pl. 31, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The side edges are deckled and there is a slight undulation to the sheet. There are artist pinholes and staples marks at the four corners, one of which has ripped the paper at the bottom left corner. There are scattered creases along the edges, and some small tears. There are scattered graphite smudges and fingerprints. The sheet is hinged verso to the matte. Framed under Plexiglas. *Please note the auction begins at 9:30 am on November 14th.*
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