Lot 118
  • 118

Jack Tworkov

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Jack Tworkov
  • Study for Still Life with Yellow and Blue Pitcher
  • signed
  • oil and charcoal on paper laid down on Homasote
  • 15 1/4 by 23 1/8 in. 38.7 by 58.7 cm.
  • Executed in 1945-1946, this work is No. 853 in the online Catalogue RaisonnĂ© of Works on Canvas edited by Jason Andrew for the Estate of Jack Tworkov.

Provenance

Dr. Maurice L. and Pearl Stern, New York (acquired directly from the artist circa 1950)
By descent to the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is mounted to Homasate. There is light wear and associated minor pigment losses to the Homasate and light wear at the extreme edges of the sheet. There are intermittent pinholes along the top and bottom edges of the sheet and a soft undulation to the extreme edges due to the artist's choice of medium. Framed.
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