RALSTON CRAWFORD | THIRD AVENUE ELEVATED, NO. 4

RALSTON CRAWFORD
1906 - 1978
THIRD AVENUE ELEVATED, NO. 4

titled Third Ave. Elevated, No. 4 and inscribed 1965 STARTED:/1968 COMPLETED: (on the stretcher)
oil on canvas
10 by 8 inches
(25.4 by 20.3 cm)

Condition Report:
The canvas is unlined and there is black tape affixed to the tacking edges. There is scattered fine surface cracking throughout and minor frame abrasion at edges. Under UV: there is no apparent inpainting.

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Provenance:
The artist

Estate of the above

Robert Miller Gallery, New York

Sold: Christie's, New York, July 17, 2002, lot 126

Acquired by the present owner at the above sale