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Twenty Contemporary American Paintings
by [Parke-Bernet Galleries]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Ridgewood, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1965. 38pp; plates (9 color, 11 b&w). 4to. Blue papered boards stamped in white to front and spine. Near fine, with light sunning to spine. Auction catalog for a sale held October 13, 1965, featuring items primarily from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Scull, and touted at the time by Artforum as "the first major sale composed entirely of contemporary American works of art." Includes works by Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, Philip Guston, Robert Rauschenberg, Larry Rivers, et al. $200.
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- Bookseller
- Dividing Line Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002588
- Title
- Twenty Contemporary American Paintings
- Author
- [Parke-Bernet Galleries]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Parke-Bernet Galleries
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1965
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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