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Lot 132

NICK VACCARO "G vs. G" (1966 Oil)

Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
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Nick Vaccaro
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
G vs G, 1966
Oil on canvas
72" x 68 1/2"

Titled and dated to the reverse, along with a signed exhibition tag for the Third Annual Waterloo Municipal Galleries Art Show (Waterloo, Iowa), 1967.

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

Mildew across the lower half of the reverse of the canvas. The canvas is slightly depressed in the top corners.