Lot 50
  • 50

Rudolf Bauer

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Description

  • Rudolf Bauer
  • Largo
  • Signed Bauer (lower right)
  • Watercolor, tempera, pastel and pen and ink on paper
  • 17 1/4 by 12 1/2 in.
  • 43.7 by 31.8 cm

Provenance

Solomon R. Guggenheim, New York (acquired from the artist)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York 
Private Collection

Exhibited

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Art of TomorrowFifth Catalogue of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Collection of Non-Objective Paintings, 1939, no. 137, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Judith Nasby, Rolph Scarlett: Painter, Designer, Jeweller, Montreal, 2005, illustrated p. 79

Condition

Work is in excellent condition. The sheet is very lightly time-stained, the colors remain fresh and vibrant. Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is fixed to the mat at the four corners. There is a small artist's pinhole at the center of the upper edge and a faint stain towards the center of the right edge.
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