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Sat, Mar 3, 2018 12:00PM EST - Sun, Mar 4, 2018 12:00PM EST
Lot 178

2 Chaim Gross Works on Paper, Watercolor & Print

Estimate: $300 - $500

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$3,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$30,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Watercolor painting is dedicated: "To Dear Antje - with love from Renee & Chaim." Provenance: Acquired from the artist by Leonard L. Farber (died 2005) of Fort Lauderdale, by whom bequeathed to Antje Langniss Farber (died 2017) of Palm Beach and Nantucket, from whose estate bequeathed to the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, West Palm Beach, and sold on their behalf.
Designer & Manufacturer: Chaim Gross (1904-1991)
Markings: watercolor: signed, handwritten notations; lithograph: signed, signed in plate, ed. 1091/1500
Country of Origin & Materials: Austrian/American; paper
Dimensions(H,W,D): watercolor: 13"h, 13"w; 19.25"h, 19.25"w frame | lithograph: 8"h, 9"w; 17.5"h, 18.5"w frame

Condition

watercolor: good, pale matt burn, some rippling to paper, small crease to right margin, not examined outside frame; frame: very good, some minor wear | lithograph: very good, not examined outside frame; frame: very good, some minor flaking and wear