Contemporary + Modern: Art & Design
Fri, Feb 24, 2023 01:00AM EST
Lot 163
NICK VACCARO "Rhythm & Blues" (1967 Oil)
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$3,200
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Nick Vaccaro
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
Rhythm & Blues, 1967
Oil on canvas
68" x 66"
Signed to the bottom right corner, and signed, titled, and dated to the reverse. Presented in the original thin wooden slat frame.
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.
Mildew to the back of the canvas. Some dry cracking to the golden areas of the paint layer.
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
Rhythm & Blues, 1967
Oil on canvas
68" x 66"
Signed to the bottom right corner, and signed, titled, and dated to the reverse. Presented in the original thin wooden slat frame.
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.