Sale 2294
New York
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11 March 2010
Price realised
USD 30,000
Estimate
Alfonso Ossorio (1916-1990) #9 signed, titled and dated 'OSSORIO #9: '59' (on the reverse) oil, spray enamel and epoxy resin on wood 60 x 5¼ x 2 in. (152.4 x 13.3 x 5.1 cm.) Executed in 1959. #13 signed, titled and dated 'OSSORIO #13: '59 JUDAS' (on the reverse) oil, leather, stone, sand and epoxy resin on wood 60 x 5¼ x 2 in. (152.4 x 13.3 x 5.1 cm.) Executed in 1959.
Provenance
Betty Parsons Gallery, New York Martha Jackson Gallery, New York Anderson Gallery, Buffalo
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