Contemporary + Modern: Art & Design
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Lot 173
NICK VACCARO "To Hokusai" (1967 Acrylic)
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Nick Vaccaro
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
To Hokusai, 1967
Acrylic on canvas
68" x 66"
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.
Faint mildew across the canvas. The canvas is slightly depressed at the top corners. Faint surface drip in the yellow area at the bottom left.
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
To Hokusai, 1967
Acrylic on canvas
68" x 66"
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.