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GEORGE TOOKER

American, 1920-2011

The Watchers, ca. 1962

egg tempera on gesso board
signed lower right "TOOKER"
24 x 18 inches

  • Provenance: Rouben Ter-Arutunian, New York, New York; Marisa del Re Gallery, Inc., New York, New York (label on the reverse); Private Collection, Connecticut
  • Exhibited: San Francisco, California, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, "George Tooker: Paintings", July 13 - September 2, 1974, on loan from Mr. R. Ter-Arutunian, cat. no. 16 (label on the reverse); New York, New York, Marisa del Re Gallery, "George Tooker Paintings", February 6 - March 2, 1985 (label on the reverse)
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