Lot 33
  • 33

GEORGE BENJAMIN LUKS | Noon Hour, Watts Street

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • George Benjamin Luks
  • Noon Hour, Watts Street
  • signed George Luks (lower right) and titled Watts Street (lower left)
  • watercolor and charcoal on paper
  • 7 3/4 by 10 1/4 inches
  • (19.7 by 26 cm)

Provenance

Kraushaar Galleries, New York
Private collection, 1970s (acquired from the above)
H.V. Allison Galleries, Inc., New York
Sold: Sotheby's, New York, September 23, 1993, lot 223
The Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Denver, Colorado, Denver Art Museum, Auxiliary Exhibition to 'American Impressionism and Realism: The Painting of Modern Life', December 1994-March 1995

Condition

The sheet is hinged to the support at two places along the reverse of the top edge. There are a few minor creases along the top edge with corresponding mulberry tissue on the reverse, there is mat burn at the edges and the sheet appears to be slightly toned. There is an area of staining at lower left corner beneath the mat.
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