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Auction archive: Lot number 12

John Little American, b.1907 IMBRIUM, 1958

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$8,400
Auction archive: Lot number 12

John Little American, b.1907 IMBRIUM, 1958

Estimate
US$3,000 - US$5,000
Price realised:
US$8,400
Beschreibung:

John Little American, b.1907 IMBRIUM, 1958 American, b.1907 IMBRIUM, 1958 Signed John Little and dated '58 (ll); signed John Little, dated 1958, titled Imbrium and inscribed with dimensions on the reverse Oil on canvas 40 x 40 inches (101.6 x 101.6 cm.) Provenance: Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York
Scattered lines and areas of craquelure. Very heavy in the indigo blue line (center), creating flaking and instability. Paint loss in the purple area (upper left) quadrant, approximately 2 1/2 sq. inches thereby revealing the paint underneath. Paint loss in the gold brown area (lower left quadrant), a line approximately 4 - 5 inches long. Paint flaking in the centra purple paint area as well. Paint beginning to pull up in the brown area (upper rigth center). Finally, craquelure in lower center brown area creating crazing effect.

Auction archive: Lot number 12
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2005
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Beschreibung:

John Little American, b.1907 IMBRIUM, 1958 American, b.1907 IMBRIUM, 1958 Signed John Little and dated '58 (ll); signed John Little, dated 1958, titled Imbrium and inscribed with dimensions on the reverse Oil on canvas 40 x 40 inches (101.6 x 101.6 cm.) Provenance: Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York
Scattered lines and areas of craquelure. Very heavy in the indigo blue line (center), creating flaking and instability. Paint loss in the purple area (upper left) quadrant, approximately 2 1/2 sq. inches thereby revealing the paint underneath. Paint loss in the gold brown area (lower left quadrant), a line approximately 4 - 5 inches long. Paint flaking in the centra purple paint area as well. Paint beginning to pull up in the brown area (upper rigth center). Finally, craquelure in lower center brown area creating crazing effect.

Auction archive: Lot number 12
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2005
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
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