
Art Institute of Chicago
Variation on a Theme
Robert Kostka · 1951
Provenance
Ownership history
- The artists; sold to David Lucenhop, Cincinnati, OH, early 1990s [this and the following according to phone conversation with David Lucenhop, Aug. 29, 2022]; sold to J. Donald Nichols, NY, 1997; sold to Gary Snyder, Bozeman, MT, 2020 [according to email with Gary Snyder, Sept. 18, 2022; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2022.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
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