Lot 246
  • 246

Richard Pousette-Dart

Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description

  • Richard Pousette-Dart
  • By The Pond
  • signed twice and dated 76-81 on the reverse; signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 1976-81 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 42 3/4 by 85 in. 108.6 by 215.9 cm.

Provenance

Marisa del Re Gallery, New York
ACA Galleries, New York
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert H. Kinney, Washington, D.C.
Christie's, New York, May 12, Lot 242
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Exhibited

Birmingham, Michigan, Schweyer-Galdo Galleries, Richard Pousette-Dart: The Vision of a Poet, November 1983, cat. no. 4, illustrated
New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Inc., Richard Pousette-Dart, Recent Paintings, April - May 1986, illustrated in color
New York, ACA Galleries, Paintings From Five Decades, 1939-1990, October - November 1990

Literature

Sam Hunter and Joanne Keubler, Richard Pousette-Dart, The New York School and Beyond, Milan, 2005, no. 131, p. 202, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of minor wear to the extreme tips of all four corners. Close inspection reveals an extremely faint 4 ½ in. diagonal rub mark to the center of the right hand section of the bottom edge. There is no restoration apparent under ultraviolet light. Unframed
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