miles-forst-ca-ny-1923-2006-seascape
Lot 249
Miles Forst (CA/NY, 1923-2006), Seascape
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Liquitex on canvas, signed and dated 1963 at lower right, inscribed on the verso, unframed.

20 x 24 in.

Private Collection, Lumberton, North Carolina

Millea Brothers Ltd. Madison, New Jersey, 2008 Spring Estates Auction, Lot 1076
From the Estate of Elaine de Kooning, Southampton, New York. Accompanied by letter from the Estate of Elaine de Kooning signed by Charles Fried to Millea Brothers Ltd.
Green Gallery, New York

Born in Brooklyn, Miles Forst studied with Hans Hoffman at the Art Students League in the 1950s. He held several teaching positions in California during the 1970s, including UC Davis and at Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, before returning to Manhattan to teach at the School of Visual Arts.

Light surface grime; minor edge wear to canvas; remnants of tape to tacking edge.

$500 - 1,000