Lot 73. JAN LEBENSTEIN | Figure Axiale No. 70

Description: Oil on canvas 79 by 27 3/4 in.

Condition Report: Oil on canvas, canvas is not lined. Surface: Scattered pigment separation and craquelure throughtout; cracking in areas of heavy impasto; a few pindot losses at upper left, center right, and lower center. UNDER UV: No apparent inpainting.
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Provenance: Kazmir Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the father of the present owner
Thence by descent

Exhibited: Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 28th Annual Society for Contemporary Art Exhibition, 1968, no. 42 (titled Figure Axiale No. 69)

Estimate: $25,000 – $35,000. Sothebys. 05/26/16