Elmer Nelson Bischoff

Lot 691: Elmer Nelson Bischoff (1916-1991)

Name: Elmer Nelson Bischoff (1916-1991)
Brand: Christie's
SKU: 0a0239e8a7

Est: $120,000 USD - $180,000 USDSold:

Christie'sNew York, NY, USNovember 09, 2011

Item Overview

Description

Elmer Nelson Bischoff (1916-1991)
Blue Clouds
signed, titled and dated '2/63 Elmer Bischoff BLUE CLOUDS' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
79 x 102¾ in. (200.6 x 260.9 cm.)
Painted in 1963.

Artist or Maker

Elmer Nelson Bischoff

Exhibited

Oakland Museum of California; Newport Beach, Orange County Museum of Art and West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, Grand Lyricist: The Art of Elmer Bischoff, October 2001-January 2003, pp. 126 and 127, no. 112 (illustrated in color).
The Art Institute of Chicago, 67th Annual American Exhibition: Directions in Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, February-April 1964, no. 8.

Literature

S. Landauer, Elmer Bischoff: The Ethics of Paint, Oakland, 2001, p. 127, no. 112 (illustrated in color).

Provenance

Staempfli Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1964

Notes

Sold by the Art Institute of Chicago

Auction Details

Post-War and Contemporary Art Session II

Christie's

November 09, 2011, 12:00 AM EST

20 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY, 10020, US

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