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FELRATH HINES (1913 - 1993)
Untitled (Abstract Composition)
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Watercolor on wove paper, 1954. 241x305 mm; 9
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/
2
x12 inches. Signed and dated in watercolor,
lower right.
Provenance: Harold Rubin, NewYork; gifted to private collection, Somerset, UK.
This fine example of Hines’ modernist abstraction is the first watercolor by this artist to come to
auction. During the 1950s, Hines achieved critical recognition with two solo exhibitions at Parma
Gallery in 1957 and 1959.Through the 1950s, he continued in this Abstract Expressionist style while
working as a conservator at the Museum of Modern Art, NewYork.
[3,000/5,000]
