Jun 04, 2020 - Sale 2535

Sale 2535 - Lot 47

Price Realized: $ 2,860
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
WALTER SANFORD (1912 - 1987)
Proscenium.

Oil on masonite board, 1963. 762x1016 mm; 30x40 inches. Signed and dated in oil, upper left recto. Signed, titled, dated and inscribed with the crossed-out title "Mountains of Mexico and "Near Cuidad de Mexico" in oil, verso.

Provenance: private collection, San Diego; private collection, California.

This fiery, abstracted landscape was apparently influenced by the artist's frequent trips to Mexico in the early 1960s.