Lot 444
  • 444

John Currin (b. 1962)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • John Currin (b. 1962)
  • Nudists, 1992
  • Red crayon on paper
  • Sheet: 12 3/4 by 10 1/4 in. (32.4 by 26 cm.); Framed: 18 3/8 by 15 1/2 in. (46.7 by 39.4 cm.)
conte crayon on paper; signed, titled and dated '92' on the reverse

Provenance

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 2000

Exhibited

Pittsburgh, Regina Gouger Miller Gallery at Carnegie Mellon University, '100% Centennial, Collecting CFA,' January - March 2006

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged intermittently along the reverse to the backing board. The edges of the sheet are deckled and there is an artist's pinhole in each upper corner. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, visible upon close inspection. There is a minor soft crease to the upper left corner. Framed under glass.
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