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Sat, Jul 29, 2023 11:00AM EDT
Lot 207

Nick Vaccaro "Roy Rogers Box" (Assemblage ca. 1970s)

Estimate: $150 - $250
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$0 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$5,000 $250
$10,000 $500
$20,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$75,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
Nick Vaccaro
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
Roy Rogers Box, ca. 1970s
"Magic Box" assemblage
18 1/2" x 14 1/2" x 2 1/2"

Titled 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

There is a loose staple and dust inside the box. Some scuffing to the exterior.