Lot 564
  • 564

Francis Alÿs

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francis Alÿs
  • Tlayacapan Morelos, Mayo
  • titled and dated 1992 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 22 3/4 by 40 1/4 in. 57.8 by 102.2 cm.

Provenance

Private Collection (acquired directly from the artist in 1993)
Baronian-Francey Gallery, Brussels
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2012

Exhibited

Oostende, Collection Vanmoerkerke, Things I Can't Live Without, April 2014 - March 2015

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. There is evidence of light handling and wear along the edges of the canvas. There is evidence of faint craquelure spread intermittently throughout the composition, most noticeably in the upper left quadrant as well as the lower right quadrant. There is evidence of minor surface soiling and accretions scattered throughout the composition, which is faint and noticeable under close inspection. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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