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Lot 551
  • 551

Miquel Barceló

Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
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Description

  • Miquel Barceló
  • Bodegon avec protozoaires et trous noirs
  • signed, titled and dated 2003 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas

  • 92 1/2 by 112 in. 235 by 284.5 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich
Christie's, London, February 8, 2007, lot 41
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Exhibited

Paris, Musée du Louvre, Le tableau du mois no. 111. Passé/présent: une confrontation, June - July 2004
New York, C & M Arts, Miquel Barceló: Recent Works, January 2005, no. 15, p. 37, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling at the edges and corners. All surface inconsistencies appear inherent to the medium and the artist's working method. There are scattered unobtrusive surface accretions. Under ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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