Lot 168
  • 168

Jay DeFeo

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Jay DeFeo
  • Snake Charmer
  • signed and titled
  • oil and paper collage on paper
  • 24 1/2 by 27 1/2 in. 62.2 by 69.9 cm.
  • Executed in 1952.

Provenance

Gift of the artist to the present owner

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. All edges are deckled and there is a slight undulation to the sheet, inherent to the artist's working method. There are scattered artist pinholes scattered. The collaged elements are intact and secure. There is hairline craquelure in the areas of thick impasto, particularly in the lower right corner. Framed under Plexiglas.
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