3 Oct 2012
13:00 PDT
Los Angeles
Made in California: Contemporary Art, featuring Works from the Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection
Back to auction 20060
Made in California: Contemporary Art, featuring Works from the Betty and Monte Factor Family Collection
Back to auction 20060
Property from various owners
Wallace Berman (1926-1976)
The Marvelous Tucker, c. 1960
inscribed with dedication and initialed 'W.B.' (center left)
poster on paperboard
41 x 27 1/2in (104.1 x 54.6cm)
unframed
inscribed with dedication and initialed 'W.B.' (center left)
poster on paperboard
41 x 27 1/2in (104.1 x 54.6cm)
unframed
Sold for
US$ 8,750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Collection of Richards Ruben, Los Angeles
Collection of Sydney Rosen, Los Angeles (acquired directly from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner
Sydney Rosen Rehmar (1925-2005) was an artist in Los Angeles in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. During this time she met many artists including Richard Diebenkorn, Richards Ruben, George Hermes, Ed Ruscha, Judy Chicago, Edmund Teske and Wallace Berman. Berman was a frequent guest in her home and it was her verifax machine that he used in many of his iconic pieces.
Category: Fine Art / Made in California
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