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September 21, 2018 10:00 AMCalender
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Stanley Robert Boxer (American, 1926-2000) Limnedofatautwhere

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$6,765$5,500
Auction: American & European Works of Art - 3140BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 21, 2018 10:00AM

Description:

Stanley Robert Boxer (American, 1926-2000)

Limnedofatautwhere
Signed, dated, and inscribed "©/S Boxer/4/87/B6-87" on the reverse, titled on the stretcher, with a label from Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, affixed to the stretcher and an unattributed printed label affixed to the side of the frame.
Oil on linen, 75 x 80 in. (190.5 x 203.2 cm),framed.
Condition: Drying cracks, lifting, and flaking with scattered paint losses, all to areas of impasto, surface grime.

Provenance: Collection of Charlene Engelhard.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Stamped "THE STRETCHER COMPANY/153 WAVERLY PLACE, NYC 10014 989-3939" on the left vertical stretcher bar.

The craquelure and drying cracks are predominantly in the areas of greatest impasto. The orange paint at upper left is lifting and flaking. There is a loss to an area of impasto at center right.


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Keywords

Charlene Engelhard, Stanley Robert Boxer