Lot 11
  • 11

Lee Krasner

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Lee Krasner
  • Nude Study from Life
  • signed and dated '38
  • charcoal on paper
  • 25 by 19 in. 63.5 by 48.3 cm.

Provenance

United Jewish Appeal, New York (gift of the artist)
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 24th Annual Art Auction Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture, United Jewish Appeal & Federation of Jewish Philanthropies, June 1, 1977, lot 18
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Literature

Ellen G. Landau, ed., Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1995, cat. no. 75, p. 50, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse to the backing board at the top. The edges of the sheet are deckled on all sides. There is pale time staining to the sheet, particularly toward the edges. There are artist's pin holes in the top 2 corners and lower left corner. There is a faint discoloration noted in the upper right of the composition and a few pin point accretions in the center. Framed under glass.
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