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Lot 1271

Ben Long, Three Female Nudes

Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Starting Bid
$400

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(American/North Carolina, born 1945)

three studies of the female nude: woman looking over shoulder, signed lower right with monogram "BL LXXIV", red conte crayon on heavy primed paper, 14-1/4 x 10-1/2 in.; lower half study and full backside study, signed lower left with monogram "BL LXXVI", red conte crayon on heavy primed paper, 15-3/8 x 11-1/4 in.; full profile study of woman leaning on chair, signed lower right with monogram "BL L??VI", red conte crayon on heavy primed paper, 15-1/4 x 11-1/4 in.; all unframed 

Provenance: Private North Carolina Collection

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Private North Carolina Collection

"BL LXXVI" and "BL L??VI" with multiple pinholes at corners, "BL LXXVI" with toning, "BL LXXIV" with some foxing, "BL L??VI" with accretion lower center