Nick Vaccaro (Kansas, 1931-2002)
Horse Feathers, 1971
"Magic Box" assemblage
18" x 7 1/2" x 5 3/4"
Signed, titled, and dated to the underside.
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 box has an aged patina, but there is little wear to the work.