Lot 39
  • 39

Charmion Von Wiegand

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Description

  • Charmion von Wiegand
  • Orthogonal Composition #36
  • Signed Charmion von Wiegand, numbered #36 and dated november 1957 (lower left); extensively inscribed (on the verso)
  • Gouache and graphite on paper
  • 13 by 10 in.
  • 33 by 25.4 cm

Provenance

Howard Wise Gallery, New York
André Zarre Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Acquired from the above in 2013

Exhibited

New York, Galerie Chalette, 1960
New York, Howard Wise Gallery, 1961
West Hartford, Connecticut, Joseloff Gallery, Charmion von Wiegand Exhibition, 1993

Condition

Executed on thick cream wove paper, the sheet is held in a window mat with corner tabs. The medium is extremely bright and fresh and the sheet is very well preserved. Apart from some minor craquelure in the gray pigment around the perimeter the work is in excellent condition.
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