Jun 04, 2015 - Sale 2386

Sale 2386 - Lot 242

Price Realized: $ 5,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
ROBERT BLISS
The Beach Pavilion.

Oil on board, 1962. 608x1220 mm; 24x48 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower left recto. Ex-collection Forbes Collection, New York.

Bliss (1925--1981) worked in Newton, Massachusetts where his main subjects were young male models. Self-classifed as a "Magic Realist," Bliss studied art at Bowdoin College in Maine and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. His work was recognized by art magazines of the day and exhibited at Childs Gallery, Boston.