Feb 17, 2009 - Sale 2169

Sale 2169 - Lot 33

Price Realized: $ 1,440
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ROBERT BLACKBURN (1920 - 2003)
Reclining Nude.

Pen and ink on buff wove paper, circa 1945-1950. 305x445 mm; 12x17 1/2 inches. Signed in ink, lower right. Laid down.

Provenance: private New Jersey collection.

This early and fine ink drawing by Blackburn shows the influence of Picasso and Matisse on the young artist.