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Robert Preusser (American, 1919-1992)
Radiation, 1953
Oil on Masonite
28 x 34 inches (71.1 x 86.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Robert Preusser / 1953

PROVENANCE:
Boris Mirski, Boston, Massachusetts;
Private collection, Houston.

EXHIBITED:
The Downtown Gallery, New York, n.d.

Robert Preusser was born in Houston and studied there with McNeill Davidson as well as at the Institute of Design in Chicago, at the Newcomb School of Art in New Orleans, and at the Art Center School in Los Angeles. Preusser is generally acknowledged as one of the earliest Texas artists to produce and show abstract expressionism.


Estimate: $3,000 - $5,000.

Condition Report*: A few minor abrasions along the extreme edges. Scattered surface dust throughout. A few scattered spots of surface soiling visible under raking light.
Framed Dimensions 34 X 40.5 Inches
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