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Lot 20

Nick Vaccaro "The Wall" (1964 Oil on Canvas)

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Nick Vaccaro

(Kansas, 1931-2002)

The Wall, 1964

Oil on canvas 

60" x 50"

 

Signed to the bottom right, and signed, titled, and dated to the reverse. Housed in a slim wooden 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.

Condition

There is a 2" vertical tear to the canvas in the top right corner (as photographed) with surrounding area of depression to the canvas. Some mildew visible to the reverse of the canvas, and a bit of grime across the paint layer. Mild scattered craquelure.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 61.00 in
Width: 51.00 in
Depth: 1.25 in

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