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Sale 2556 | Lot 244
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Sale 2556 - Lot 244
Golfer Lighting a Cigarette. Probable study for cigarette advertisement, possibly unpublished, circa 1920. Oil on canvas with graphite gridlines mounted to later board. 500x512 mm; 19 1/2x20 3/4 inches. Unsigned; not dated. Framed.
Provenance: Illustration House, November 4, 1995, lot 11, with their label on verso; thence to Dick McDonough.
Condition:
Minor soiling and spots of discoloration, especially within background. Pin holes at upper corners. Some small areas of paint loss, including in two spots along left edge, and within green area to left of golfer's cap. Minor fraying to extreme edges of canvas. Verso of later mounting board has dried and discolored adhesive residue with student architectural sketches from the Columbia University School of architecture.
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