Richard Smith

(British, 1931-2016)

Large Blue

, 1977

etching with staples

signed, dated, and numbered 27/60 in pencil

22 x 23 1/2 inches.

Property from a Corporate Art Collection

Provenance:

Joyce Hunsaker & Associates, Los Angeles, California

Framed: 29 ¼ x 30 ¼ inches.
Sheet: 27 x 28 1/4 inches.

Not examined out of frame, all edges visible, waviness to sheet, hinged to backmat in three areas at upper edge and three areas lower edge of sheet verso, toning to edges, instance of foxing in lower and center right quadrant, small crease in lower center, lower right near date, lower right sheet corner and upper left sheet corner.

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