Eli Wilner Frame, American c. 1930 Style Frame

Eli Wilner Frame, American c. 1930 Style Frame Ex. Victor Brauner

Shaped and painted wood

Based on an American c. 1930 period frame. This frame includes a strainer designed for a float fitting.

As opposed to mass-produced frames, original Eli Wilner hand-crafted frames are created by craftspeople at Eli Wilner using the same skills and tools used during the period and required countless hours to produce and finish.

Sight size (opening): 46 1/8" x 35 1/2"; profile width 2 1/4"

Overall size: 50 5/8" x 40 1/8"

*Gallery price: $24,000 - 29,000

Condition: Made by Eli Wilner and Company in the past 20 years. Paint chipping along the edges with minor indentations. Easily repairable. More detailed condition reports and additional photographs are available by request. The photographs attempt to show the condition of the frame. Please request a condition report through the online bidding platform or call Guernsey's at 212-794-2280 to request a more thorough condition report.

Provenance: This frame was loaned to Sotheby's to present Victor Brauner's (1903 - 1966) Tableau Autobiographique - Ultratableau Biosensible (1948), which realized a price of $993,000. The work is oil, pen, pencil and wash on canvas, and was offered at Sotheby's Spring 2008.

For decades, the name Eli Wilner & Company has been synonymous with picture frames of the highest quality, hand-crafted using old-world artisanship. Following the conclusion of prominent museum exhibitions or important art auctions, frames the Company loaned for those occasions were returned and became part of the Eli Wilner Classic Frame Collection. Now, the more than four hundred beautiful frames constituting this remarkable Collection will be presented at auction for those who appreciate the very finest.

*Were an individual or an institution to order a bespoke frame from Wilner (all of Wilner's frames are bespoke) the client would be quoted the gallery price.