Lot 372
  • 372

Theodoros Stamos

Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • Theodoros Stamos
  • Untitled
  • virgin wool on Belgian linen
  • 51 1/2 by 51 1/2 in.
  • 130.8 by 130.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1963.

Provenance

Gloria Finn, London in 1963
The Museum of Modern Art, Gift of Gloria Finn in 1966

Exhibited

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Traveling Exhibitions #65-15: Tapestries and Rugs by Contemporary Painters and Sculptors, 1966-1967
Athens, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Theodoros Stamos 1922-1997: A Retrospective, September - November 1997, cat. no. 113, p. 300 illustrated

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is some faint surface soiling throughout and scattered particles within the wool fibers. A series of metal rings are attached to the upper edge of the back of the tapestry to install the work; two of these are missing at the upper left corner.
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