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Lot 9

ROBERT HORVITZ "Untitled" (1969 Oil/ Mixed Media)

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Robert Horvitz
(American/ Czech, b. 1947)
Untitled, 1968/1969
Oil and cotton twine on canvas
36" x 36"

Presented in its original slim wooden slat frame. Inscribed in marker to the reverse of the canvas with an attribution, provenance, and date (1968-1969).

"Robert Horvitz studied art at Yale University (BA, 1969). He has had solo exhibitions of drawings at the Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Massachusetts, 1972), the Akron Art Institute (Akron, Ohio, 1972 and 1979), the Nexus Gallery (Atlanta, Georgia, 1985) and a large retrospective at Exhibition Hall Manes (Prague, 1999). Horvitz has taught art at Yale, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (School of Architecture), Massachusetts College of Art, and the Rhode Island School of Design. He currently teaches at the University of New York/Prague." [From the artist's website]

Provenance: From the collection of Marty Cohen, gifted directly from the artist.

Condition

Very good condition, noting only minor overall soiling and a small smudge at the extreme edge in the top center.