Lot 90
  • 90

Julio Alpuy (1919-2009)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Julio Alpuy
  • Paisaje urbano
  • signed lower right and dated 43 lower left
  • oil on cardboard
  • 23 1/4 by 31 7/8 in.
  • 59 by 80.8 cm

Provenance

Estate of the Artist
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

New York, Sidney Mishkin Gallery, Baruch College, Journeys of Julio Alpuy: Pictographic Constructivism from the Workshop of Torres-García, September 16-October 16, 1997
Montevideo, Club de Arte Contemporáneo, August-September 1999; Buenos Aires, Centro Cultural Recoleta, October 1999, Julio Alpuy Retrospectiva

Condition

This works is in generally very good condition overall. The paint layer is stable. There is a four-inch loss to the media layer on extreme upper right edge. A one-inch, vertical loss to the paint layer is present on the upper edge (six-inches from the right edge). Fluorescing does not occur under ultraviolet inspection.
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