Lot 90
  • 90

Herbert Bayer

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Herbert Bayer
  • Untitled (Orange)
  • Signed bayer, dated 54 and numbered #99 (lower right)
  • Watercolor and gouache on paper
  • Sight: 19 3/4 by 28 in.
  • 50.2 by 71.2 cm
  • Executed in 1954.

Provenance

Private Collection, Chicago (acquired directly from the artist in the late 1950s)
Thence by descent

Condition

Watercolor and gouache over pencil on paper. The sheet is adhered to the front of the mat and has not been removed, verso not visible. Surface in generally good condition, colors are vivid and fresh. There are a few minor scattered spots where the pigment has not adhered to the paper.
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