Lot 33
  • 33

Thomas Downing

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Thomas Downing
  • Green Bias
  • signed, titled and dated 63 twice on the overlap
  • oil on canvas
  • 86 1/4 by 86 1/4 in. 219.1 by 219.1 cm.

Provenance

Stable Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1971

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The canvas is unprimed and unlined. Upon close inspection there are a few minor inherent irregularities in the weave of the canvas. There are some faint accretions noted. The unpainted canvas has discolored slightly with age. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there are some scattered spots of inpainting, notably in the corners and near the right edge. Framed.
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