Lot 5
  • 5

Avigdor Arikha

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Avigdor Arikha
  • Two Apples and Three Pears
  • Signed Arikha and in Hebrew, and dated 73 (lower center); dated 13-14. XI. 73 (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 28 3/4 by 23 1/2 in.
  • 73 by 59.7 cm
  • Painted in 1973.

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York
Janie C. Lee Gallery, Houston, Texas

Condition

The medium is oil on canvas. The canvas is not lined. The work is in very good overall condition. There is some extremely minor frame rubbing, the canvas edges are exposed in the current framing. There is no apparent inpainting when viewed under UV. The work presents very well.
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