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Lot 112

NICK VACCARO Untitled Acrylic (ca. 1969)

Estimate: $200 - $400
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Nick Vaccaro
(Kansas, 1931-2002)
Untitled, circa 1969
Acrylic on canvas
32" x 36"

Signed to the reverse. Two studies on paper with similar square grid designs dated April 1969 are included with the painting.

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 are scattered spots of mildew visible across the front and back of the canvas. Very slight buckling to the top left of the canvas.