01-26-201801-26-2018
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
3072BBoston
January 26, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Various Artists: The Portfolio X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters)

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$31,980$26,000
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3072BLocation: BostonDate / Time: January 26, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Various Artists:

The Portfolio X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters), 1964, edition of 500, published by the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, printed by Ives-Sillman, New Haven. Numbered "478" in ink on the colophon page, each with printer's dry stamp l.r. Color screenprints (some in multiple colors, with collage and/or cutout elements) on paper (except Lichtenstein on Mylar or similar),sheet sizes 24 x 20 in. (60.9 x 50.8 cm),unmatted, unframed, presented in their original paper folders within the original clamshell box (staining).
Condition: Very subtle wear to corners of several sheets.

Provenance: The estate of Olafs Zeidenbergs, sculptor and professor of art at Southern Connecticut State University. The original shipping box with mailing labels accompanies the lot.

N.B. The artists included in the portfolio are: Stuart Davis, Robert Indiana, Ellsworth Kelly, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, Larry Poons, George Ortman, Ad Reinhardt, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
Estimate $12,000-15,000

The prints are in good condition. There is a minor crease in one of the collaged elements in the Motherwell piece (see photo). Foxing on the portfolio case, especially on the front.


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Keywords

Stuart Davis, Andy Warhol, Robert Motherwell, Robert Indiana, George Ortman, Frank Stella, Ad Reinhardt, Olafs Zeidenbergs