15th Feb, 2022 10:00

Out of the Ordinary - Two-Day Sale

 
  Lot 157
 

157

DAVE WILKINS (American, 20th century)

DAVE WILKINS (American, 20th century)
'The J. Paul Getty Museum'
signed 'Dave Wilkins' and dated '10/29/72' l.r., with printed title and inscription on overmount 'The J. Paul Getty Museum/Langdon & Wilson Architects AIA', gouache
86.3 x 68.5cm

John Paul Getty (1892-1976) was an oil tycoon and multi-millionaire who passionately collected art. He first opened a museum within his ranch house in Malibu, but when the collection outgrew this site, he commissioned the building of the J Paul Getty Museum, later renamed the Getty Villa. This painting shows an aerial view of the Getty Villa in 1972, two years before it opened to the public. This extraordinary museum was inspired by the Villa of the Papyri at Herculaneum. Since the 1990s, the museum has been split across two sites, but the original villa today houses around 44,000 Greek, Roman and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6500 BC.

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Sold for £6,000


Condition Report

Not viewed out of glazed frame, some minor foxing and browning to the margins of the sheet, there is a light smattering of white paint along centre right edge of sheet that appears to be made by the artist at time of painting the work as there are also other small patches of white gouache paint in the margins, please refer to images. Overall, appears to be in good condition.  See additional images.

 

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Auction: Out of the Ordinary - Two-Day Sale, 15th Feb, 2022

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