• First Open Post-War Contempora auction at Christies

    Sale 2541

    First Open Post-War Contemporary Art

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    7 March 2012

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    • Mel Bochner (b. 1940)
    Lot 220

    Mel Bochner (b. 1940)

    Belvedere Courtyard

    Price realised

    USD 3,000

    Estimate

    USD 3,000 - USD 5,000

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    Mel Bochner (b. 1940)
    Belvedere Courtyard
    initialed, titled, inscribed and dated 'Exedra with Stairway Bramante Belvedere Courtyard (Vatican) Drawing after Ackerman M.B. 1974' (lower right)
    graphite on paper
    5 3/8 x 5 7/8 in. (13.6 x 14.9 cm.)
    Drawn in 1974.

    Provenance

    Gift of the artist, 1974
    The Collection of Victor and Sally Ganz, New York
    Their sale, Christie's, New York, 19 November 1997, lot 396
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

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