Contemporary Discoveries

Contemporary Discoveries

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Larry Rivers

25 Birds of the Northeast

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October 2, 07:26 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Larry Rivers

1923 - 2002


25 Birds of the Northeast

signed (lower right); signed and dated (on the reverse)

oil on canvas mounted on sculpted foamboard mounted on panel

58 by 80 ½ in.

147.3 by 204.5 cm.

Executed in 1985-86.

Private Collection

Vivien Raynor, “Toward Defining 'Contemporary Cutouts,’” The New York Times, 13 February 1987, p. C28

William Zimmer, “Cutouts: Images Escape The Painting,” The New York Times, 10 January 1988, p. 11WC20

Sam Hunter, Larry Rivers, New York 1989, pl. 99, p. 154, illustrated in color and p. 349

Stamford, Whitney Museum of American Art, Contemporary Cutouts, November 1986 - January 1987