GEORGE TOOKER (1920-2011)
16.04.2026 00:00UTC +01:00
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ID 1561319
Lot 16 | GEORGE TOOKER (1920-2011)
Estimate value
120000USD $ 120 000 – 180 000
Pot of Aloes
signed 'Tooker' (lower left)
tempera on gessoed panel
24 x 18 in. (61 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1974.
Provenance
Frank K.M. Rehn Galleries, New York.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above, 1974.
By descent to the present owner from the above, 2011.
Literature
T.H. Garver, George Tooker, San Francisco, California, 1992, pp. 67, 102, 104, 134, 146, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Inc., February 6-March 2, 1985.
New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, Inc., Tooker's Women, October 14-December 19, 1992.
New York, DC Moore Gallery, George Tooker, April 25-June 22, 2007.
New York, National Academy Museum; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Columbus, Ohio, Columbus Museum of Art, George Tooker: A Retrospective, October 2, 2008-September 6, 2009, pp. 28, 156, 188, pl. 50, illustrated.
| Artist: | George Clair Tooker (1920 - 2011) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Tempera |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | George Clair Tooker (1920 - 2011) |
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| Applied technique: | Painted, Tempera |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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