Lot 135
  • 135

ERIC FISCHL | Untitled

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Eric Fischl
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 1984 on the reverse 
  • oil on paper mounted to canvas
  • 35 1/4 by 46 1/4 in. 89.5 by 117.5 cm.

Provenance

William Pall Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in November 1986

Exhibited

Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, L’Oeil du collectionneur, October 1996 - January 1997, p. 58

Literature

Karen Thomson, Ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection, Montreal 2015, cat. no. 27, p. 34, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The edges of the canvas are taped. There are artist pinholes in all four corners of the sheet. There is a slight undulation to the sheet most noticeable in the upper left corner. There is evidence of discoloration in the margins between the edge of the sheet and edge of the canvas, from where the sheet was glued. There is a small ⅛ in. loss in the lower right quadrant. Under Ultraviolet inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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