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Robert Watson - Surreal Figural Landscape
Estimate:
$600 - $1,200
Starting bid:
$300
Sold
$650
Live Auction
February 2024 Fine Art & Estate Auction
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Description: Item/Description: Original American surrealist landscape titled "Meditation", features two figures dwarfed by their surroundings. Signed lower right: R. Watson. Written in pencil on canvas stretcher back reads in part" Meditation / Robert Watson. Gallery stamp on back: Swasey’s, Pictures and Framing, Berkeley, CA. Painted wood frame.
Robert Watson (American,1923 - 2004) was born in Martinez, California in a big house overlooking the bay, and with him was born the subject of all his paintings - the loneliness of man in the mysterious world. Watson's mysterious world shows ancient buildings, vast in scale and placed on plateaus that merge with the sky.

Material: Oil on canvas, wood

Dimensions: Image size: Height: 11 1/2"; Width: 15 1/2". Framed: Height: 16"; Width: 20"

Condition: Signs of age and wear includes indentation and scratch bottom right corner. Scratches, scuffs, discoloration to frame.

Age: 20th Century

Provenance: Lewis and Leanne Goodfriend Collection; Westchester, NY.

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Buyers premium: 18%