Lot 10
  • 10

Albert Eugene Gallatin

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
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Description

  • Albert Eugene Gallatin
  • No. 125
  • signed a.e. Gallatin and dated 1938/Dec. 1949 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 20 by 30 1/4 inches
  • (50.8 by 76.8 cm)

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Zabriskie Gallery, New York
Ahmet Ertegun, New York
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, by 1988
Bryce Bannatyne Gallery, Venice, California
Martha Parrish & James Reinish, New York
Gary Snyder Fine Art, New York, 1998 (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Berkshire Museum, 1939
New York, Jacques Seligmann & Co., Recent Paintings by Gallatin, Morris, Shaw, 1939
Chicago, Illinois, The Arts Club of Chicago; San Francisco, California, San Franciso Museum of Art; Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Arts; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Art Museum, Recent Paintings and Constructions by Gallatin, Morris, Shaw, 1940-1941, no. 6, 7 or 8 (as Composition)
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York Cubists: Works by A.E. Gallatin, George L.K. Morris and Charles G. Shaw from the Thirties and Forties, January-February 1988, no. 8, p. 12

Condition

This work is in good condition. The canvas is unlined. There is a stretcher bar mark at the top edge. There is some craquelure, primarily in the background, and a few chips of loss in the background at upper center. There is some slight discoloration along the lower right edge and some spots of discolored inpainting at the upper right corner. Under UV: there are a few scattered spots and dots of inpainting in the background, primarily near the upper right corner.
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