Contemporary + Modern: Art & Design
Fri, Feb 24, 2023 01:00AM EST
Lot 14
NICK VACCARO "This Is Not a Cement Block" (1972 Sculpture)
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$375
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Nick Vaccaro
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
This Is Not a Cement Block, 1972
Particle board
15 3/4" x 7 3/4" x 7 3/4"
Signed, dated, and titled 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.
Good condition, noting a small scrape to one side of the block.
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
This Is Not a Cement Block, 1972
Particle board
15 3/4" x 7 3/4" x 7 3/4"
Signed, dated, and titled 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.