Lot 12
  • 12

Rudolf Stingel

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rudolf Stingel
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 95 on the reverse
  • oil and enamel on canvas
  • 120 by 120cm.
  • 47 1/4 by 47 1/4 in.

Provenance

Massimo De Carlo, Milan
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original and the illustration fails to convey the reflective quality of the silver surface. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
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Catalogue Note

"[Stingel] combines a love of painting with the postmodern suspicion of it, and often achieves a near-perfect balance between the visual and the conceptual." 
Roberta Smith, 'DIY Art: Walk on It, Write on It, Stroke It', in: The New York Times, 29 June 2007