Lot 159
  • 159

Julian Opie

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Julian Opie
  • Carl T-shirt Jeans Belt
  • vinyl and painted aluminium (double sided)
  • 184 by 67 by 11cm.; 72 3/8 by 26 3/8 by 4 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 2000, this work is unique.

Provenance

Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Athens
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

London, Tate Britain;  Birmingham, Ikon Gallery, New British Art 2000: Intelligence, 2000
Athens, Rebecca Camhi Gallery, Julian Opie, 2002

 

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Upon close inspection and under raking light, there are some scattered fine scratches to the top section of the work. There is fine linear media loss approximately 4cm long at the centre of the figure's stomach which has been stabilised and infilled.
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