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A Singular Vision: The Collection of Thomas N. Armstrong III & Whitney “Bunty” Armstrong

Norman Bluhm

Open Red

Auction Closed

November 21, 10:28 PM GMT

Estimate

70,000 - 100,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

A Singular Vision: The Collection of Thomas N. Armstrong III & Whitney “Bunty” Armstrong

Norman Bluhm

1921 - 1999


Open Red

signed, titled and dated 59 (on the reverse); signed (on the stretcher)

oil on canvas

72 by 60 in.

182.9 by 152.4 cm.

Executed in 1959.

Private Collection (acquired directly from the aritst)

Christie's New York, 23 February 1990, lot 17A (consigned by the above)

Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above)

Sotheby's New York, 11 May 2005, lot 127 (consigned by the above)

Acquired from the above by the present owner

The Newark Museum of Art, Norman Bluhm: Metamorphosis, Lewes, 2020, pl, 29, p. 78, illustrated in color

Tom Armstrong, A Singular Vision, Architecture, Art, Landscape, New York, 2011, pp. 211 and 242, illustrated in color, and p. 212 (text)