Lot Essay
This work is an engaging example of Rizzoli's "transfiguration" portraits.
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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF BONNIE GROSSMAN, THE AMES GALLERY
A.G. Rizzoli (1896-1981)
Virginia Ann Entwistle Symbolically Sketched / Virginia's Heavenly Castle, 1944
Details
A.G. Rizzoli (1896-1981)
Virginia Ann Entwistle Symbolically Sketched / Virginia's Heavenly Castle, 1944
dated Dec 1944 lower right
together with letter to Virginia, 1944, graphite and oil pastel on paper
blueprint on paper
36 x 24 in.
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Virginia Ann Entwistle Symbolically Sketched / Virginia's Heavenly Castle, 1944
dated Dec 1944 lower right
together with letter to Virginia, 1944, graphite and oil pastel on paper
blueprint on paper
36 x 24 in.
(2)
Literature
Jo Farb Hernandez, John Beardsley and Roger Cardinal, A.G. Rizzoli: Architect of Magnificent Visions (New York and San Diego, 1997), p. 39.
Exhibited
San Diego Museum of Art; Atlanta, High Museum of Art; New York, Museum of American Folk Art; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, A.G. Rizzoli: Architect of Magnificent Visions, 22 March - 18 May 1997 (San Diego), 6 September - 29 November 1997 (Atlanta), 10 January - 8 March 1998 (New York), 28 March - 24 May 1998 (San Francisco).
London, Hayward Gallery, The Alternative Guide to the Universe, 11 June -26 Aug 2013.
London, Hayward Gallery, The Alternative Guide to the Universe, 11 June -26 Aug 2013.
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