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Art + Design Featuring Indiana Artists

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Sheafer + King Modern is pleased to present Art + Design featuring Indiana artists from the 1940s through the present. The auction features a monumental abstract painting by Robert Berkshire, paintings by James Willie Faust, Harry Davis Jr., Rinaldo Paluzzi, and Gerald Boyce, rare ceramic sculptures by Gordon Martz, and works by numerous contemporary artists. The auction also features the largest collection of Derriere le Miroir art magazines that has been sold at auction including hundreds of high quality lithographs by artists such as Miro, Calder, Braque, Chillida, and Chagall.
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Lot 96

Robert C. Ray 1958 Abstract Watercolor Painting

Estimate: $100 - $200
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1958 watercolor painting by the Indiana artist Robert C. Ray (American; 1926-2020). Signed and dated to the lower right.

 

Born in Elwood, Indiana, Ray attended the John Herron Art School in Indianapolis. After spending time abroad in Spain and Italy in 1953, he studied under Hans Hoffman in Provincetown, Massachusetts at Hoffman's School of Fine Art. Ray was also a writer and poet with several published books. In addition to being an artist, Ray also ran an interior decorating business in Indianapolis.

 

Measurements: 30” W x 23.75” H x 1.25” D (frame); 22.25” W x 17.5” H (sight).

 

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There are two tears in the paper along the upper left of the painting. Not examined out of frame.

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