Important Paintings, Sculptures, Watercolors and Drawings
Tuesday, 19 June 2007, 07:00 pm
Lot 70
Saul Steinberg, 1914-1999 (US)
Allegory II, 1970
Mixed media. India ink, crayon, collage and stamp.
H 735 mm W 585 mm.
(Frame).
| CHF | 65'000 / 75'000 |
| EUR | 57'000 / 65'000 |
| USD | 70'000 / 81'000 |
Hammer Price: CHF 40'000
Annotation:
Signed and dated. At the lower margin black copyright stamp with inscribed years dating: "1970". Verso titled and re-dated.
Provenance: Sidney Janis Gallery, New York;
Galerie Maeght, Zürich/Paris;
Swiss private property.
Exhibition: New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 1978.
Literature: Harold Rosenberg. Saul Steinberg, Whitney Museum of American Art. New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1978. No. 121 (page 105 full-page color illustration).