Lot 136
  • 136

ED PASCHKE | Troika

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ed Paschke
  • Troika
  • signed and dated '85; signed, titled twice and dated 1985 and '85 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 42 by 80 in. 121.9 by 203.2 cm.

Provenance

Collection of the artist
Sotheby’s, New York, Benefit Auction for Gay Men's Health Crisis, 20 November 1985, Lot 30 (donated by the above)
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner

Exhibited

Paris, Musée National d’art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Ed Paschke, December 1989 - February 1990, p. 75, illustrated in color
Art Institute of Chicago, Ed Paschke: A Retrospective, September - November 1990, cat. no. 47, illustrated in color

Literature

Karen Thomson, Ed., The Blema and H. Arnold Steinberg Collection, Montreal 2015, cat. no. 99, p. 96, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of wear and handling to the edges. There is a diagonal scuff mark 6 in. in length starting in the upper right corner. The colors are bright and fresh. Under Ultraviolet inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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