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A Singular Vision: The Collection of Thomas N. Armstrong III & Whitney “Bunty” Armstrong

Thornton Willis

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Auction Closed

November 21, 10:28 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 USD

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A Singular Vision: The Collection of Thomas N. Armstrong III & Whitney “Bunty” Armstrong

Thornton Willis

b. 1936


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signed, titled and dated '06 (on the reverse)

acrylic on canvas

72 ⅜ by 61 in.

183.8 by 154.9 cm.

Executed in 2006.

Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in November 2006 by the present owner

John Goodrich, "Gallery Going, Thornton Willis: Recent Paintings," The New York Sun, 14 December 2006, p. 18 (text)

Tom Armstrong, A Singular Vision, Architecture, Art, Landscape, New York, 2011, pp. 1 and 207, illustrated in color and p. 204 (text)

New York, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, Thornton Willis: Recent Paintings, November - December 2006