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AVIGDOR ARIKHA (1929-2010)
Sunglasses, Case and Card; Untitled (Happy Birthday Dear Janie) [Two Works]
(i) Sunglasses, Case and Card
signed and dated 'Arikha 79' (lower left); inscribed and dated again twice ' N.Y. S.VL. 79 S.VL. 79' (upper edge); titled, inscribed again and dated again 'Sunglasses, case and card N.Y. June 1979' (on the reverse)
watercolor on paper
101⁄2 x 81⁄2 in. (26.7 x 21.6 cm.)
Executed in 1979.

(ii) Untitled (Happy Birthday Dear Janie)
signed and dated 'Arikha 76' (lower left); dedicated 'Happy Birthday dear Janie' (upper edge)
watercolor on paperboard
83⁄4 x 33⁄4 in. (22.2 x 9.5 cm.)
Executed in 1976.
Provenance
(i) Sunglasses, Case and Card
Marlborough Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1987

(ii) Untitled (Happy Birthday Dear Janie)
Gift of the artist to the late owner, 1978
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