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VICKREY, ROBERT. 1920-2011.
Painting of a masked boy in front of a wall of crumbling posters,

5 December 2018, 10:00 EST
New York

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VICKREY, ROBERT. 1920-2011.

Painting of a masked boy in front of a wall of crumbling posters, egg tempera on primed masonite, 480 x 245 mm, signed and dated in white lower left, "Robert Vickrey 50," framed.

Modern American painter Robert Vickrey is often classified as a magic realist. Like his contemporary Andrew Wyeth, he worked in the demanding Italian Renaissance technique of egg tempera. He was celebrated in his day for many Time covers and was included in nine of the Whitney Museum's annual shows. His work is often compared with that of Paul Cadmus, Jared French and George Tooker. Mr. Knight drew a Christmas card for the designers Yolanda and Jay Saylor; this painting was his payment.

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