Lot 120
  • 120

Hilla Rebay

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Hilla Rebay
  • Boully
  • Signed Rebay (lower left)
  • Collage on paper
  • 17 1/8 by 13 3/4 in.
  • 43.8 by 34.9 cm

Provenance

Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York
Private Collection, Switzerland 
Portico N.Y., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner circa 2000

Exhibited

New York, Museum of Non-Objective Painting, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation Presents Watercolors and Collages by Hilla Rebay Unrivaled, 1948, no. 50, illustrated in the catalogue

Condition

Collage elements affixed to a cream colored wove sheet which in turn is affixed to a cream colored laid sheet at several places on verso. Edges are cut. Collage elements appear to be secure. Two small repaired tears at upper right edge and a pinhole by one of the crescent shapes towards lower left. Sheet undulates slightly and is slightly time darkened. A few soft creases near the edges, otherwise fine. This work is in good condition overall.
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