Rex Lau - Untitled (Smoke stacks) - Capsule Auctions

August 19, 2020

C2: Modern Origins II

Lot 190

American (b. 1947)

Untitled (Smoke stacks) (1988)

Medium

oil on paper

Dimensions

image: 13 1/4 x 12 1/2 inches sheet: 19 1/4 x 15 inches

Signature

signed lower right

Estimate: $100 - $200

Price Realized: $78
Includes buyer's premium

Have one like this?

Frame Information: frame dimensions: 23 x 18 x 1 1/2 inches
glazed wood frame
Provenance: Private Collection
Condition: very good condition, no apparent issues, not examined out of frame
Notes: Exhibition History:

Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. 'New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,' February 9–26, 1984, no. 18.

Mexico City. Museo Rufino Tamayo. 'Nueva Pintura Narrativa: Coleccion del Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nueva York,' November–December 1984, no. 21.

Phoenix Museum of Art. 'New Narrative Painting: Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art,' March 14–April 27, 1986, unnum. brochure.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 'The 1980s: A New Generation, American Painters and Sculptors,' April 13–July 31, 1988, brochure no. 32.