Kenneth Noland

Chac-Mool Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner in January 2005

This work is in very good condition overall. There is very light evidence of handling along the edges. Under very close inspection, there are two vertical abrasions visible in the lower third of the canvas, one beginning in the bottom half of the center yellow circle extending down to the blue circle and one 4-inches to the right of that extending from the bottom half of the blue circle down to the orange line. Under raking light, a faint stretcher bar impression is visible along the bottom edge.Under ultraviolet light inspection, the aforementioned abrasions fluoresce lightly but do not appear to be the result of restoration. Unframed.
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