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Works on Paper: Drawings & Prints 1780 to the Present

Mon, Jan 29, 2018 02:00PM EST - Tue, Jan 30, 2018 02:00PM EST
Lot 106A

GEORGE TSYPIN (b. 1954): KLINGHLOFFER: TWO SKETCHES

Estimate: $700 - $900
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Two charcoal on paper, both signed 'George Tsypin' lower left and titled lower right; together with R. Gece: 'BR01'; and 'BR02', two ink and watercolor on paper, 2010, both signed 'R. Gece', titled and dated on the reverse; and 20th Century School, 'Untitled', ink on paper, 1958, indistinctly signed and dated lower right.
Tsypins both 22 1/2 x 15 in. (sheet), Gece both 18 x 14 in. (sheet), 20th Century 24 x 16 3/4 in., all unframed.
 
Note: George Tsypin is a sculptor, architect and opera/film designer who has worked with renowned directors Julie Tayner and Peter Sellers. Tsypin designed the stage sets for Seller's 1991 opera 'The Death of Klinghoffer'.
 
Condition: Both works on two sheets of paper joined together with the usual tackholes at the corners.
'Parachute Man' with a tear and loss upper left corner.