Robert Cottingham (b. 1935)

gouache on paper; signed and dated '1990'

Private Collection, Connecticut (acquired directly from the artist)
World House Gallery, Middlebury (acquired from the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner 

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is window matted and hinged intermittently along the reverse of the upper edge to the backing board. The lower edge of the sheet is deckled. There is a slight undulation to the sheet, visible upon close inspection. There are handling marks to the unpainted edges of the sheet, primarily not visible when matted. There are faint, linear hairline surface scratches to the black passages, visible upon close inspection under raking light. Framed under glass.
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