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Capobianco Abstract Surrealist Oil on Canvas
Estimate:
$200 - $400
Passed
Live Auction
Showplace Backstage Fine Art Auction, Astoria, NY, June 11
Description
Domenick Capobianco (American, b. 1928), Abstract Surrealist Composition, Oil on Canvas, depicting two feet, apparently unsigned, "Studio Domenick Capobianco" stamp to side, unframed. 20" H x 24" W. Provenance: Property from the estate of the artist. Note: Domenick Capobianco is a graduate of Washington University at St. Louis, a Rutgers Fellow (1979), and a Guggenheim Fellow (1984/85). He was an educator and mentor at Rutgers University. Capobianco�s work can be found in collections worldwide, including: The Academie des Beaux-Arts, Ljubjana, Slovenia, The Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria, and The M.V. Nesterov Museum, Ufa, Russia. Alongside his wife, artist Elfi Schuselka (Austrian, b. 1940), he frequently exhibited with the famed 55 Mercer Gallery in New York. Keywords: Painting, Abstraction, Surrealism, Contemporary Art, Second New York School