Lot 221
  • 221

Gary Thomas Erbe, b. 1944

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Description

  • Gary Thomas Erbe
  • China Doll
  • 32 by 26 inches
  • (81.3 by 66 cm)
  • Painted in 1979.
signed 'G. Erbe' (lower right); acrylic on canvas

Provenance

Alexander Gallery, New York
Private collection, 1979 (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

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is a small area of cracking in the lower right side of face. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.
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