Lot 121
  • 121

Stephen Greene

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Stephen Greene
  • Departure
  • signed; signed, titled and dated 1961 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 68 1/8 by 72 in. 173 by 182.9 cm.

Provenance

Staempfli Gallery, Inc., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1968

Exhibited

New York, Staempfli Gallery, Inc., Stephen Greene, 1961, cat. no. 27

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. There is wear and a few areas of pigment loss at the turning edges. There is evidence of very light surface soiling and hairline, unobtrusive craquelure along the lower center of the composition. There are some faint, scattered accretions noted in the lower left. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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