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BENNY ANDREWS (1930 - 2006)
Portrait of Vincent Smith
.
Oil and collage on cream paper, 1987. 724x572 mm; 28
1
/
2
x22
1
/
2
inches (sheet). Signed, titled, dated
and inscribed “Bellagio, Italy” in ink, lower right recto. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed
“28
1
/
2
x22
1
/
2
” in ink, lower center verso.
Provenance: the estate of the artist; gifted to the current owner, private collection.
Exhibited:
Benny Andrews: Selection from a Life in Art
, Bill Hodges Gallery, NewYork, February 8 -
March 22, 1997.
This collage of the artist Vincent Smith is from Andrews’
Portrait Series
which he worked on at the
Bellagio Foundation as a Rockefeller Fellow from October 10 - November 11, 1987.
[15,000/25,000]