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Ray Materson "El to Hell" Embroidered Thread, 1998
Estimate:
$6,000 - $8,000
Sold
$5,000
Live Auction
Important Fine Art & Design Auction, October 20
Description
Raymond Materson (American, b. 1954), "El to Hell", Embroidered Thread on Fabric, 1998, signed "RM" and dated lower left, American Primitive Gallery, New York, NY label to verso, velvet mat, wood frame with magnifying glass. Image: 2.25" H x 2.75" W; frame: 11" H x 12.75" W. Provenance: American Primitive Gallery, New York, 1999. From a Sutton Place Estate. Keywords: Thread Art, Self-taught Artist, Naive Art, Folk Art, Embroidery, Unraveled socks, Subway, Transit, Metro, Urban landscape, Contemporary Art