Nick Vaccaro

(Kansas, 1931-2002)

Untitled, 1968

Acrylic on canvas

34" x 34"

Estate stamp signature to the reverse. Dated on a small study on paper found among the artist's portfolios.

Nick Vaccaro was a professor and chairman of the drawing and painting department at the University of Kansas. As an artist, Vaccaro was the recipient of purchase awards from the San Francisco Museum of Art (1958), the Dallas Museum of Fine Art (1961), and the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art, and his work has additionally been exhibited in the Nelson Gallery of Art, Oklahoma Arts Center, Wichita Art Museum, and Dallas Museum for Contemporary Arts.

Mildew faintly scattered across the painting and more pronounced to the reverse of the canvas. There is a horizontal moisture stain tideline about halfway up the canvas.