Lot 16
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EDWARD HOPPER | Study for 'Girlie Show'

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Edward Hopper
  • Study for 'Girlie Show'
  • titled "Girlie Show" and inscribed (along the lower margin beneath the mat)
  • pencil and charcoal on cream paper 
  • sheet: 11 by 8 1/5 in. (28 by 21.6 cm.)
  • image: 6 by 7 in. (15 by 18 cm.)
  • Executed in 1941.

Provenance

Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York 
Private collection, Los Angeles 
Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Ross, New York, 1987 (gift from the above) 
DC Moore Gallery, New York
Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York

Condition

The sheet is hinged to the support at two places along the reverse of the top edge. The sheet is slightly toned and there is mat burn at edges. There are some minor losses and tears along the edges of the sheet with corresponding patches on the reverse.
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