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Emil Bisttram, Man the Unknown, 1961

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Description

Emil Bisttram
(1895 - 1976)
Man the Unknown, 1961
oil on canvas
signed and dated lower right: [artist's cipher] / BISTTRAM / 61
48 x 32 in. (121.92 x 81.28 cm.), Frame: 57 5/8 x 41 5/8 x 2 1/2 in. (146.37 x 105.73 x 6.35 cm.)
Bisttram Studio Galleries, Taos, New Mexico
Fenn Galleries, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The Collection of Walt Wiggins
Private Collection, Missouri

Literature:
Walt Wiggins, The Transcendental Art of Emil Bisttram, Pintores Press, 1988, front cover, p. 71.