Lot 35
  • 35

Otis Kaye 1885 - 1974

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Otis Kaye
  • Bet You Can't Do That Again
  • signed O. Kaye and dated 1969 (lower left)
  • oil on panel
  • 18 1/8 by 12 7/8 inches
  • (46 by 32.7 cm)

Provenance

By descent in the artist's family

Literature

James M. Bradburne and Geraldine Banks, Otis Kaye: Money, Mystery and Mastery, New Britain, Connecticut, 2015, p. 135, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is a 1-inch diagonal scratch at the upper left corner and a spot of pooled varnish at lower left beneath the dollar bill. There are support pieces glued to the back of the panel at the edges. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.
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