Robert E. L. Rainey Sold at Auction Prices

Painter, b. 1914 - d. 2002

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    • Bob Rainey "Cat" Surrealist Oil on Canvas, 1937
      Nov. 05, 2023

      Bob Rainey "Cat" Surrealist Oil on Canvas, 1937

      Est: $300 - $500

      Robert E. L. Rainey (American, 1914-2002) "Cat" Mid-Century Modern oil painting on canvas depicting an abstract Surrealist Cubist composition with a snail, dated and signed "Reni" lower right, inscribed, titled, and signed to reverse, housed in a painted wood frame. Image: 12" H x 15" W; frame: 18.75" H x 21.5" W.

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    • Bob Rainey Expressionist Oil, Cat Bed 1939-40
      Oct. 18, 2020

      Bob Rainey Expressionist Oil, Cat Bed 1939-40

      Est: $200 - $300

      Robert E. L. Rainey (1914–2002), Chicago artist; Oil on Canvas on stretcher, framed, signed and titled to reverse, "Cat on the Bed" and dated "1-9-39," signed to lower edge recto " reni 5-8-40". Height of art 16 inches (40.5 cm.) X width of art 20 1/4 inches (51.5 cm.). NOTE: An expressionist cityscape probably in Chicago of a demolished house with a black cat and a bathtub, someone putting out garbage cans and with humorous advertising signage, "VOTE FOR CROOK" and "SEXLURE COSMETICS / at all Woolworth 10cents." Rainey signed his works "Reni", a play on the name of Italian Baroque painter Guido Reni. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._L._Rainey

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