Lot 87 | ROGER MEDEARIS, (AMERICAN 1920-2001), NATIVE OAK
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ROGER MEDEARIS
(american 1920-2001)
''NATIVE OAK''
1979, pencil signed, titled and dated in the margin, pencil on paper.
15 7/8 x 23 13/16 in. (40.3 x 60.5cm)
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio, "Mainstream America: The Collection of Phil Desind," March 1-April 5, 1987; South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana: "Getting Real: 20th Century American Realism from the Philip Desind Collection," July 31-September 11, 1994
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Sheet size: 22 1/16 x 29 1/16 in. -Matted and framed. -Drawing is executed on a heavy sheet of paper. -There is pale light staining, i.e. in parts of margins just outside the image there is some pale, but visible toning. -Drawing itself appears to be in very good overall condition. -We note in top margin of sheet some slight grayish surface scuffs; at parts of outer top and outer right edges of sheet, we note some brownish specks of foreign matter that appear to be old tape residue; this is minor residue and all well away from image. -In lower margin of sheet, some extraneous rubbed graphite visible. -At top edge of sheet, there is an area approximately 3/4 in. long where part of surface of sheet has been torn away, presumably from removed tape; sheet itself is not torn. -We note some minor extraneous specks/spots in parts of margins, including a pinhead size light brown spot in lower margin, not touching the image. -With three pieces of tape top edge verso affixed to undermat, and two smaller additional tape pieces top edge verso. .
