Apr 06, 2017 - Sale 2442

Sale 2442 - Lot 69

Price Realized: $ 4,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SAM MIDDLETON (1927 - 2015)
Study in Brown II.

Mixed media and collage on wove paper, 1966. 394x260 mm; 15 1/2x10 1/4 inches. Signed and dated in ink, lower right.

Provenance: acquired directly from the artist; Lyn Ritchie, Amsterdam; thence by descent to the current owner, private collection, New York. Lyn Ritchie was one of Middleton's closest friends in Amsterdam and head of the American Women's Club. She did public relations work for KLM, commissioning artwork from Middleton for various ad campaigns.