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Lot 171

NICK VACCARO "For Philip" (1988 Acrylic)

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Nick Vaccaro
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
For Philip, 1988
Acrylic on canvas
68" x 60"

Signed, titled, and dated to the reverse.

Nick Vaccaro was a professor and chairman of the drawing and painting department at the University of Kansas. As an artist, Vaccaro was the recipient of purchase awards from the San Francisco Museum of Art (1958), the Dallas Museum of Fine Art (1961), and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, and his work has additionally been exhibited in the Nelson Gallery of Art, Oklahoma Arts Center, Wichita Art Museum, and Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts.

Condition

The canvas is mildly depressed in the top left corner. Faint mildew across the back of the canvas.