Very Lg Vera Klement Rodeo Clown Oil, 1955, Modernist likely rodeo clown portrait featuring what appears to be a Western cowboy hat, face paint and perhaps a polka dot outfit, oil on canvas, 46 x 38 inches, 50.75 x 40.625 x 2.125 inches framed, signed lower right and dated 55, vintage gilt and painted frame molding. Provenance: Estate of Greater New York collectors retired to a Greater Palm Beach penthouse, name witheld by heirs. One of ten lots from the collection in this sale.
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There are some vertical light pigment drips underneath pigment over washes that are apparently part of the gestural composition. Appears unvarnished. Frame wear and frame flaking to all edges.