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Sat, Nov 1, 2014 12:00PM EDT - Sun, Nov 2, 2014 11:00AM EST
Lot 159

José Mariano De Creeft Painting, Original Work

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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Painting 'Theme en Couleur III' painting byJosé Mariano De Creeft (1884-1982). Gallery label to reverse; Childs Gallery, New York. Childs Gallery label with annotation that the work is from the personal collection of Lorrie Goulet, the artist's widow. 'His (José Mariano De Creeft) work was included in numerous solo exhibitions around the world including a major retrospective at the Fundació Joan Miró in Barcelona in 1980, which circulated throughout seven different cities in Spain, a retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1960 and major exhibition at the National Museum of Art, Washington D.C. in 1983. In addition, de Creeft has a long group exhibition history at landmark institutions such as the Art Institute of Chicago, The Brooklyn Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan.' {source: askart} (Keyword Search: Abstract, Work on Paper, Egg Tempera, Paul Klee, Hans Hofmann, Robert Delauna, Arthur Dove, art)

Condition

very good, wear to frame, not examined outside the frame