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The Collection of John Sacret Young

Oscar Bluemner

Study for 'In Low Key'

Auction Closed

November 19, 11:13 PM GMT

Estimate

25,000 - 35,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Collection of John Sacret Young

Oscar Bluemner

1867 - 1938


Study for 'In Low Key'

signed with the artist's monogram, dated 32 and numbered LXXVI (lower right)

gouache, watercolor and pencil on paper laid down on paper

6 ¼ by 8 ½ in.

15.9 by 21.6 cm.

Executed in 1932.

James Graham & Sons, New York

Private Collection (acquired from the above in 2004)

Kennedy Galleries Inc., New York

John Sacret Young, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in March 2007)

Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner

Menconi + Schoelkopf, New York, Bluemner and the Critics, 2021, no. 22, pp. 62 and 76, illustrated in color

Buffalo, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Land, Sea, and Light: The John Sacret Young Collection, 2023