Lot 603
  • 603

Peter Halley

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Peter Halley
  • A Monstrous Paradox
  • Day-Glo acrylic, acrylic and Roll-a-Tex on canvas, in 4 parts
  • Overall: 90 1/4 by 195 in. 229.2 by 495.3 cm.
  • Executed in 1989.

Provenance

Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Pully/Lausanne, FAE/Musée d'Art Contemporain, Peter Halley, April - May 1992

Literature

Cory Reynolds ed., Peter Halley: Maintain Speed, New York, 2000, p. 128, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling along the edges. There is a colorless liquid accretion which presents in a splash pattern which fluoresces dimly under ultraviolet light on the two right panels. Under ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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