LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil, oil, corset hooks, ribbon, measuring tape, fabric, suspender hook and collage on canvas

Measurements:

68.50 in. (174.00 cm.) (height) by 70.51 in. (179.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Shimon Okshteyn 1986' (lower center), inscribed 'Birds of a feather/flock/together/Dressing up is half the fun/Button hold/snappy dresser/Corset/material: pertaining to the bogy [sic]' (overall); further signed and dated 'Shimon Okshteyn 1986' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Springfield, Massachusetts, George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, Shimon Okshteyn: Works from 1970-1987, 15 February-15 March 1987.

Literature:

Exhibition catalogue, Shimon Okshteyn: Works from 1970-1987, Springfield, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, 1987, illustrated p. 19.

Provenance:

with Eduard Nakhamkin Fine Arts, New York.