Jun 12, 2014 - Sale 2354

Sale 2354 - Lot 242

Price Realized: $ 750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
BYRON BROWNE
Nude with Unicorn.

Watercolor and pen and black ink and pencil on cream wove paper, 1956. 275x350 mm; 10 3/4x13 3/4 inches. Signed, dated and dedicated "to Chris" in pen and black ink, lower margin, recto. Ex-collection Christian Bucheit, New York.

Christian Buchheit (1885-1974) worked for the Art Students League of New York as its Building Superintendent, from 1905 until his retirement in December, 1971. In honor of his 51 years with the League, many of the "League" artists and teachers, including Geroge Tooker, George Grosz, John Sloan, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Will Barnet and others paid tribute to Chris with a 50th year anniversary party, presenting him with a portfolio of watercolors, drawings and prints, including the current watercolor by Browne.