Lot 446
  • 446

Larry Rivers (1925 - 2002)

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
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Description

  • Modernist Times (Purple and Grey Assembly Line), 1989
  • Oil and wood collage on panel
  • 56 1/4 by 66 3/8 by 6 in. (142.9 by 168.6 by 15.2 cm.)
oil on canvas and sculptured foam core; signed and dated ''89'; signed, titled and dated ''89' on the reverse

Provenance

Private Collection

Exhibited

Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery, 'Larry Rivers: Art and the Artist,' May - July 2002

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. All elements are present and stable. There is a surface layer of dust in the crevices between shaped elements, visible upon close inspection. There are scattered areas and wear and loss, visible upon close inspection. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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