Lot 75
  • 75

Donald Baechler

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Donald Baechler
  • Horn
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated DB89 on the reverse
  • acrylic, oil and canvas collage on canvas
  • 72 by 102 in. 182.9 by 259.1 cm.

Provenance

Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples
Christie's, New York, November 17, 1999, lot 214
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Literature

Susan Kleinman, "A+ FOR AARDVARK," Metropolitan Home, May/June, 2001, pp. 140 and 143, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. The surface texture varies throughout, due to the artist’s working method. There is a fine 1 ½ in. area of craquelure in the upper center of the composition. There are a few scattered minor accretions particularly in the lower 1/3 of the composition. Unframed.
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