Lot 119
  • 119

Joseph Stella

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Joseph Stella
  • Barbados Girl
  • signed Joseph Stella (lower right)
  • pastel on paper
  • 25 3/4 by 19 3/4 inches
  • (65.4 by 50.2 cm)
  • Executed circa 1938.

Provenance

Rabin and Krueger Gallery, Newark, New Jersey
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York
ACA Galleries, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1997

Condition

This work is in good condition. The sheet is hinged to the mat at the corners. There is some slight rubbing at the edges from a previous matting and there is some adhesive residue from a former mounting at the upper corners. There is some slight distortion to the sheet inherent to the artist's materials. There are creases and some small tears at the upper corners and a few small tears at the lower left edge and corner.
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