Modern + Contemporary
Thu, Nov 11, 2021 09:00AM EST
Lot 88
Joseph Konopka
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Bid Increments
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| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,000 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
(New York/New Jersey, Born 1932)
Top of the World Trade Center #2, with views of the United States Court House and the Municipal Building of New York, 1979, signed verso "Joseph Konopka", dated, inscribed with title, and stamped, acrylic on canvas, 71-1/4 x 66 in.; original gray frame, 73-1/8 x 67-3/4 in.
Provenance: Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, Maryland, purchased in 1980 for $3,000 (accompanied by consigner's notes, postcard, and a photograph ); Jerry and Deena Kaplan Collection of Modern Art and Crafts
Note: The lot is accompanied by a letter from the artist dated Jan 11, 1981 identifying the buildings represented in the painting.
Condition
scuff lower right corner, original stretcher and tacking edge
