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Fri, May 2, 2025 01:00PM EDT - Thu, May 8, 2025 06:00PM EDT
Lot 180

Joseph Stella: Sketch of a Fern Leaf

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Joseph Stella (Italian American 1877-1946) Sketch of a Fern Leaf. Graphite on paper. Signed below. Mounted to mat board.

Joseph Stella was an Italian-born American Futurist painter best known for his depictions of industrial America, especially his images of the Brooklyn Bridge. He is also associated with the American Precisionist movement of the 1910s–1940s.

26 x 17.5 inches mat board; 21 ½ × 15 inches paper.

Private Collection, Boston, USA.

Condition

Great condition with minor toning around the edges.

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