Lot 245
  • 245

Alex Katz

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description

  • Alex Katz
  • Pat Extending
  • oil on Masonite
  • 9 by 11 7/8 in. 22.9 by 30 cm.
  • Executed in 1979.

Provenance

Hokin Gallery, Chicago (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light surface soiling and dust accumulation throughout. Under close inspection, there is evidence of a few minor pinpoint losses to the pigment along the perimeter. Only visible under raking light, there are some very minor scattered surface scratches and very minor and scattered pinpoint surface accretions. Some very minor pigment separation along the left side of the figure is noted, specifically within the figure’s hair. Under Ultraviolent light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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