Lot 41
  • 41

Llyn Foulkes

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Llyn Foulkes
  • Untitled (Poem)
  • signed and dated 1963
  • ink and oil on masonite
  • 21 by 26 1/2 in. 53.3 by 67.3 cm.

Provenance

Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Pacific Standard Time, Civic Virtue: The Impact of the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Watts Towers Arts Center, December 2011 - February 2012
Los Angeles, Hammer Museum; New York, New Museum; Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Llyn Foulkes, February 2013 - March 2014, p. 47, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The left edge of the Masonite is deckled. There are abrasions at the top center edge and faint surface scratches throughout. There is wear to the extreme edges of the board and the smudges to the medium are consistent with the artist's choice of medium and working method. Framed under glass.
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