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Michael (Corinne) West (1908-1991)
Lot 412

Michael (Corinne) West (1908-1991)

To the Saints

Closed7 October 2020

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USD 123,750

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Michael (Corinne) West (1908-1991)
To the Saints
signed and dated 'Michael West 63' (lower left); signed again and titled 'Michael West "To the Saints"' (on the reverse)
oil, enamel, nails and mixed media collage on canvas
89 ½ x 41 in. (227.3 x 104.1 cm.)
Executed in 1963.

The artist
Stuart and Roberta Friedman, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note


Be one of those, thinker as well as doer / You will get nothing for it in return / Don't let that throw you / The greatest artists are unknowns.
—Michael (Corinne) West, 1974