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Lot 306
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SAUL STEINBERG | Mannequins (Two Drawings)

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • Steinberg, Saul
  • Mannequins (Two Drawings)
  • pen and ink and pencil on paper
  • each sheet: 20 by 28.9cm., 7 7/8 by 11 3/8 in.
  • Executed between 1939-41.

Provenance

Fabrizio Clerici, Rome (a gift from the artist in the 1950s)
Eros Renzetti, Rome (a gift from the above)

Condition

Each sheet: Executed on cream wove watermarked paper, not laid down. The sheet is hinged to the mount along the upper edge with tape. Drawing with two scenes: The sheet is lightly time-stained and there are scattered spots of foxing in places. There is a flattened vertical fold and a flattened horizontal fold running across the centre of the sheet. There is a small paper loss to the upper left corner and two further smaller losses to the upper right corner. This work is in overall fairly good condition. Drawing with three scenes: The sheet is lightly time-stained. There is a flattened vertical crease and two flattened horizontal creases running across the centre of the sheet, and there is some further flattened creasing visible to the upper right corner and to the centre of the left edge. There is a small paper loss in the upper left corner. This work is in overall fairly good condition.
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