Lot 552
  • 552

Robert Longo

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Longo
  • Study for National Trust
  • pencil, charcoal and ink on paper
  • 30 by 60 in. 76 by 152 cm.
  • Executed in 1981.

Provenance

Metro Pictures, New York
Private Collection, New York
Sotheby's, New York, March 9, 2011, lot 15
Private Collection, New York (Acquired from the above sale)

Literature

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; Hartford, Wadsworth Atheneum, October 1989 - September 1990, fig. 20, p. 26, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are artist pinholes in all four quadrants of the sheet, which are inherent to the artist's working method. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, which is hinged intermittently to the matte on the reverse. Framed under Plexiglas.
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