EMIL BISTTRAM (ROMANIAN-AMERICAN 1895-1976)

EMIL BISTTRAM (ROMANIAN-AMERICAN 1895-1976)
Amorphous Blue and Purple Abstraction, 1950
oil on masonite
81 x 61 cm (31 7/8 x 24 in.)
framed dimensions: 99 x 79 cm (39 x 31 1/8 in.)
signed lower right

PROVENANCE
Christie's, New York, December 2, 1992, lot 391

LITERATURE
Dr. Warren L. Shaull, Emil J. Bisttram 1930-1976: A transcendental Catalog, (Taos, Mew Mexico: Taos Art Appraisal, 2003), catalogue raisonne, p.71 (illustrated)
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