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Robert Dowd 1936–1996

Canceled Fifty

1964
oil on canvas 37¾ h × 47¾ w in (96 × 121 cm)
estimate: $6,000–8,000
result: $20,160
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Signed to lower right ‘Dowd’. Signed, titled and dated to verso ‘Dowd '64 Canceled Fifty’.
provenance: Acquired directly from the artist c. 1970 by the present owner

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Money is a powerful blend of American literature, document and symbol. Forget that it illustrates a complete monetary system of unimaginable proportions or that it represents destinies of nations and men. What we are dealing with here is a marvelous form of American literature of epic proportions in the proud tradition of P.T. Barnum and tabloid journalism.

Robert Dowd

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