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Lot 37
  • 37

John McLaughlin

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Description

  • John McLaughlin
  • Untitled
  •  Signed, titled and dated 1955 (on the reverse)
  • Oil on canvas
  • 48 1/8 by 32 in.
  • 122.2 by 81.3 cm
  • Painted in 1955.

Provenance

Estate of the artist
Private Collection, Laguna Beach 
Joni Gordon, Los Angeles (acquired from the above in 1988)
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, September 24, 2014, lot 22
Acquired at the above sale

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. The turning edges are covered with painted adhesive tape. There is extensive, hairline craquelure evident, particularly in the yellow pigmented areas. Upon close inspection and raking light there are some very faint linear accretions in the upper left near the top. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there are some fine linear areas that fluoresce brightly in the black pigment. Unframed.
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