Lot 115
  • 115

Milton Resnick

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Milton Resnick
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 59; signed and dated 1959 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 18 by 19 in. 45.7 by 48.3 cm.

Provenance

Howard Wise Gallery, New York
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Los Angeles
By descent to the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Milton Resnick Paintings 1957-1960 from the Collection of Howard and Barbara Wise, 1988, pl. 11, n.p., illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The canvas is unlined and slightly slack on the stretcher. There is some light wear at the turning edges and faint stretcher bar impressions along the top and bottom quadrants. Very faint, hairline cracking in the pigment is evident in the center right quadrant of the canvas as well in the upper left quadrant and in the center black pigment of the canvas. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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