JOSEPH STELLA | TREE TRUNK AND ROOTS

JOSEPH STELLA
1877 - 1946
TREE TRUNK AND ROOTS

inscribed in another hand Joseph Stella/Estate and bears Joseph Stella Estate stamp (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
11 ½ by 15 ¾ inches
(29.2 by 40 cm)

Condition Report:
The canvas is not affixed to a stretcher and there is a natural ripple to the canvas. There are tape remnants from a previous mounting on the reverse. There are a few small specks of loss. Under UV: there is a 2 inch vertical line of inpainting at center.

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Provenance:
The artist

Estate of the above

Rabin and Krueger, Newark, New Jersey (acquired from the above)

Sold: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 14, 1968, lot 147

Private collection (acquired at the above sale)

ACA Galleries, New York

Private collection (acquired from the above)

By descent to the present owner