Gayleen Aiken (American, 1934–2005), , Nickelodeon Dance Hall One Sunny Afternoon

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Gayleen Aiken (American, 1934–2005) Nickelodeon Dance Hall One Sunny Afternoon Signed and inscribed bottom right, titled bottom center, inscribed with artist's notations and dedicated 'For Don Sunseri, for NH or other 1983 art shows...' verso, acrylic on artist's board. 9 x 11 in. (22.9 x 27.9cm) together with: Gawleen Raimbilli Playing a Steel Drum Along with This Old Nickelodeon Music Box Signed and inscribed bottom right, titled bottom left and center, inscribed 'c/o Don Sunseri and the art shows, for fall 1983' verso, and with the artist's inkstamp bottom right and recto, crayon on heavy wove paper. 11 x 13 7/8 in. (27.9 x 35.2cm) together with: Old Kitchen Sink Troubles Signed and inscribed bottom right, signed again and further inscribed verso, crayon on paper. 8 1/2 x 11 in. (21.6 x 27.9cm) together with: Dance around a Jukebox Signed and inscribed bottom right, titled bottom center, signed and titled again, dated 1983 and inscribed 'Art for sale, c/o Don Sunseri' verso, crayon on paper. 10 15/16 x 14 in. (27.8 x 35.6cm) All unframed (4) provenance: The Artist. The Collection of Don Sunseri, New York, New York. The Collection of Sterling and Dorothy Strauser. Private Collection, Princeton, New Jersey (by descent in family). note: Each of the four works from the present lot was previously part of the collection of Don Sunseri, the founding director of GRACE, an art workshop program for the handicapped. They were variously included in Sunseri's 1983 summer / fall exhibitions, as per the inscriptions verso.