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BOB THOMPSON (1937 - 1966)
The Presentation.
Oil on masonite, 1960. 533x914 mm; 21x36 inches. Signed, titled and dated in ink on the verso.
Provenance: the artist; Carol Thompson, the artist’s wife; private NewYork collection.
This painting dates from the artist’s second year in NewYork after leaving Provincetown.After moving
to GreenwichVillage and finding a studio on Clinton Street in 1959,Thompson quickly became part
of the downtown art scene. In 1960, he had his first solo exhibition in New York at the Delancey
Street Museum, and a two-person exhibition with close friend Jay Milder at the Zabriskie Gallery.
[10,000/15,000]