Lot 61
  • 61

Alice Neel

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Alice Neel
  • Diana Douglas
  • signed and dated '65
  • oil on canvas
  • 48 by 30 in. 121.9 by 76.2 cm.

Provenance

Diana Douglas, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Gift to the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is strip lined along the outer edges. There are scattered areas of fine, stable hairline craquelure in the pigment. There are a few faint accretions noted, particularly in the lower left. There are faint stretcher bar impressions at the top right, left upper and right center edges. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there are a couple very minor points of inpainting in the upper right. Framed.
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