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August 19, 2020
C2: Modern Origins II
Lot 194
  1. Rex Lau - Untitled (Blue and green)
  2. Rex Lau - Untitled (Blue and green)
  1. Rex Lau - Untitled (Blue and green)
  2. Rex Lau - Untitled (Blue and green)
Lot 194
Rex Lau
American (b. 1947)
Untitled (Blue and green) (1988)
Medium
oil on paper
Dimensions
image: 12 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches sheet: 20 x 15 inches
Signature
initialed lower right

Estimate: $100 - $200

Price Realized: $195
Includes buyer's premium

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Frame Information
unframed
Provenance
Private Collection
Condition
very good condition, no apparent issues
Notes
Exhibition History:

Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. 'New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,' February 9–26, 1984, no. 18.

Mexico City. Museo Rufino Tamayo. 'Nueva Pintura Narrativa: Coleccion del Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York,' November–December 1984, no. 21.

Phoenix Museum of Art. 'New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art,' March 14–April 27, 1986, unnum. brochure.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 'The 1980s: A New Generation, American Painters and Sculptors,' April 13–July 31, 1988, brochure no. 32.
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  236. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Untitled (Pink, green, black) 235
  237. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Untitled (Blue and Green) 236
  238. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Chambre de la Court Suprême, N.J. 237
  239. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Untitled (Abstract Portrait) 238
  240. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Harmonie 239
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  243. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Untitled (Composition II) 242
  244. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Untitled (Blue, red) 243
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  248. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Dans la Gueule de la Vie 247
  249. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Untitled (Blue, green, yellow) 248
  250. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Untitled (Pastel forms) 249
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  255. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Untitled (Composition V) 254
  256. Image for Lot Benoît Gilsoul - Untitled (Composition VI) 255
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