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William Baziotes (1912-1963)
Lot 65 Property of a Lady

William Baziotes (1912-1963)

Night

Closed28 September 2017

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USD 106,250

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William Baziotes (1912-1963)
Night
signed 'Baziotes' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated 'NIGHT W. Baziotes 1960-61' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
36 1/8 x 48 in. (91.8 x 121.9 cm.)
Painted in 1960-1961.

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, Inc., New York
Private collection, New York

Specialist note

“It is the mysterious that I love in painting. It is the stillness and the silence. I want my pictures to take effect very slowly, to obsess and to haunt.”
-William Baziotes