Description:
Hannes Beckmann (American, 1909-1976)
Light Picture, 1961
Signed and dated "hb. 60." l.l., inscribed "'Light Picture/oil 1961/Hannes
Beckmann" on the reverse, inscribed "To Matthew Wysocki" in ink on the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. (76.3 x 76.3 cm),framed.
Condition: Minor scuffing, surface accretions and grime.
Provenance: Through the estate of Matthew Wysocki (1920-1991),artist, photographer, professor and chairman of Dartmouth College's visual studies department (1966-1989),to the present owner by family descent, Connecticut.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
The scuffing is visible almost exclusively in raking light. The work might benefit from cleaning.
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