Lot 220
  • 220

Gary Thomas Erbe, b. 1944

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Description

  • Gary Thomas Erbe
  • You Can't Take it With You
  • 16 by 13 inches
  • (40.6 by 33 cm)
signed 'G. Erbe' and dated '78' (lower left); oil on canvas

Provenance

Alexander Gallery, New York
Private collection, 1980 (acquired from the above)
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1992

Exhibited

Trenton, New Jersey, New Jersey State Museum, Gary Erbe: An Exhibition of Trompe L'Oeil, June-September 1983
Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art; Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Sordoni Art Gallery; New York, Alexander Gallery, Gary Erbe: An American Tradition Continues, June-September 1985
New Britain, Connecticut, New Britain Museum of Art; Youngstown, Ohio, Butler Institute of American Art; Doylestown, Pennsylvania, James A. Michener Art Museum; Boca Raton, Florida, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Gary T. Erbe: 25 Years in Retrospect, January-December 1995

Condition

This work is in very good condition. The canvas is unlined. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.
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