William Baziotes (American, 1912-1963)
Pair of Modernist Still Lifes
oil on canvas (each)
signed u.r. on verso of first painting pictured (covered by frame)
each housed in original frame
15.5 x 21.5 in. (sight of each)
The reverse of each canvas has a portion of the same nude portrait of a woman. The canvases were repurposed to paint the still lifes.
One of the still lifes offered in this lot is featured as lot 92 in Important Twentieth Century Unreserved Art Auction of Recently Discovered Works by William Baziotes Catalog, From the Private Collection of Constance and the Late Harry Baziotes.
Provenance: Ex estate of the artist. Purchased from Pennypacker Auctions in Hatfield, PA, now Alderfer's Auctions.
Condition:
Both paintings have been professionally cleaned by McClee's Gallery in Haverford, PA.