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LARRY RIVERS (1923-2002) Parts of the Body (English Vocabulary) 60 x 40 in (152.4 by 101.6 cm) (Executed in 1963) image 1
LARRY RIVERS (1923-2002) Parts of the Body (English Vocabulary) 60 x 40 in (152.4 by 101.6 cm) (Executed in 1963) image 2
Lot 143W

LARRY RIVERS
(1923-2002)
Parts of the Body (English Vocabulary)

15 May 2025, 14:00 EDT
New York

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LARRY RIVERS (1923-2002)

Parts of the Body (English Vocabulary)
signed, inscribed and dated "Parts of the Body" (English Vocabulary) Rivers '63 (on the reverse)
oil, graphite, paper collage, nails and staples on board
60 x 40 in (152.4 by 101.6 cm)
Executed in 1963

Footnotes

Provenance
Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, New York (acquired by 1965).
Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago.
Mr. & Mrs. Bud Lifton and Carol Rosofsky Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above in 1968).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited
Waltham, Massachusetts, The Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Larry Rivers, April 10 - February 20, 1966. p. 51 & 84, no. 64 (illustrated) (later traveled to Pasadena, the Pasadena Art Museum; New York, The Jewish Museum; Detroit, The Detroit Institute of Arts; Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Museum of Arts).

Literature
S. Hunter, Larry Rivers, New York, 1969, pl. 140 (illustrated p. 7).

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