Lot 52
  • 52

George Luks

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • George Luks
  • Contemplation
  • signed George Luks (lower left), signed George Luks, titled Contemplation and numbered #19  (on the reverse)
  • oil on canvas
  • 26 1/4 by 24 inches
  • (66.5 by 61 cm)
  • Painted circa 1930-33.

Provenance

Owen Gallery, New York 

Exhibited

New York, Owen Gallery, The Eight, November 1 - December 11, 1993

Condition

Canvas is strip-lined (along the edges). SURFACE: in fairly good condition; craquelure throughout; a small dent at upper left (in background) UNDER ULTRA VIOLET: scattered inpainting, mostly for craquelure and for loss from dent/puncture at upper right; scattered whitish spots in background at upper left and right
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