Lot 167
  • 167

Otis Kaye

Estimate
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

  • Otis Kaye
  • 500 Franc Note; Rembrandt's Etching of his Mother with Penny and Indian Head Nickel; Rembrandt's Etching of The Goldsmith with $10 Indian Head Coin: Three works on paper
  • each signed, the first dated 1955
  • the first: ink and pencil on paper
    the second and third: etching and oil on paper
  • the first: 3 1/2 by 6 1/4 inches (8.9 by 15.9 cm); the second: 7 1/2 by 6 3/8 inches (19.1 by 16 cm)
  • the third: 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches (8.9 by 6.4 cm)

Provenance

By descent in the family of the artist
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1995

Exhibited

New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Old Money: American Trompe l’Oeil Images of Currency, 1988, p. 127 in catalogue
Paris, Musee de la Poste, Les Couleurs de l’Argent (The Colors of Money), 1991 - 1992
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Virtual Reality: American Trompe l’Oeil Paintings, 1994

Condition

Not examined out of frame. All in generally good condition; some with minor foxing and staining.
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