Lot Essay
Please note that this work will be included in the forthcoming Norman Bluhm, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings edited by John Yau.
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Property of the Amalgamated Bank of Chicago
Norman Bluhm (1921-1999)
Big Top
Details
Norman Bluhm (1921-1999)
Big Top
signed and dated 'bluhm 59' (lower left); signed again and dated again 'bluhm 59' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
96 x 72 in. (243.8 x 182.9 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Big Top
signed and dated 'bluhm 59' (lower left); signed again and dated again 'bluhm 59' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
96 x 72 in. (243.8 x 182.9 cm.)
Painted in 1959.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
20th Annual Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Inc., Chicago
20th Annual Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Inc., Chicago
Exhibited
The Art Institute of Chicago, XX, May-June 1960, no. 4.
Chicago, Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Larry Rivers, Norman Bluhm, February-March 1961 (illustrated).
Chicago, Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Larry Rivers, Norman Bluhm, February-March 1961 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
Please note this work was also included in the following exhibition:
Chicago, Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Larry Rivers, Norman Bluhm, February-March 1961 (illustrated).
Chicago, Holland-Goldowsky Gallery, Larry Rivers, Norman Bluhm, February-March 1961 (illustrated).