Lot 355
  • 355

Francis Alÿs

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Francis Alÿs
  • Algo de mi País
  • titled on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 50 by 40cm.; 19 3/4 by 15 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1993.

Provenance

Private Collection, Mexico
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, Contemporary Art, 15 May 2008, Lot 504
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno, Francis Alÿs: Walks/Paseos, 1997, p. 33

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of very light wear to the corner tips and extreme lower edge, with associated tiny specks of paint loss in the upper right corner tip and to the centre of the lower overturn edge, not affecting the main image. Further extremely close inspection reveals a few minute and unobtrusive hairline cracks in isolated places, notably in the upper right quadrant. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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