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2025 Winter Fine Art & Antiques (Day 2)

Sun, Jan 26, 2025 01:00PM EST
Lot 816

2 Gus Baker Figurative Artworks

Estimate: $350 - $450
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Two (2) Gus Baker (American/Nashville, 1922-1994) figurative artworks.1st item: Oil on canvas painting of a man’s face rendered in shades of gray with colorful highlights. Inscribed "Gus Baker" to backing. Housed in a black wooden frame with silvered fillet. Frame: 23" H x 19" W. Sight: 14 1/2" H x 10 1/2" W. 2nd item: Charcoal and white chalk drawing on blue paper depicting a nude man who faces away from the viewer and reaches one arm towards the ground. Signed "Gus Baker," lower right. Housed in a giltwood frame with white mat. Sight: 14 1/2" H x 8 1/2" W. Frame: 10" H x 13” W. 

Condition

1st item: Overall very good condition with minor abrasions to the metal interior frame. 2nd item: Overall excellent condition with scattered small losses to the frame. 

Provenance

Private Middle Tennessee Estate. 

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