Lot 292
  • 292

William T. Wiley

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • William T. Wiley
  • Memory Smudges
  • titled and dated 1981
  • watercolor and ink on paper
  • 22 1/4 by 30 in. 56.5 by 76.2 cm.

Provenance

Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1982

Exhibited

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection, February - April 1982
Evanston, Illinois, Terra Museum of American Art; Arkansas Art Center; Oklahoma Museum of Art; Toledo Museum of Art; Madison, University of Wisconsin, Elvejhem Museum of Art; New York, The National Academy of Design, 20th Century American Drawings: The Figure in Context, March 1984 - April 1985, cat. no. 89, p. 144, illustrated
Ridgefield, Connecticut, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, California Artists: William T. Wiley, Mike Kelley, Brad Dunning, January - May 1991

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The sheet is hinged to the reverse of the mat along the top edge. There are artist's pinholes in all 4 corners. The top and bottom edges are deckled and there is a soft undulation to the sheet. Framed under Plexiglas.
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