Sale 1704
New York
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13 September 2006
Price realised
USD 36,000
Estimate
James Brooks (1906-1992) Huron signed 'J. Brooks' (lower left); signed again, titled and dated 'HURON 1974 James Brooks' (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 76 x 64 in. (193 x 162.5 cm.) Painted in 1974.
Provenance
Martha Jackson Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner
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Exhibited
Portland Museum of Art, James Brooks: Paintings and Works on Paper, 1946-1982, May-September 1983, pp. 26-27 and 35, no. 37 (illustrated in color and titled Huron #2)
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