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Lot 207
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Enrico Baj

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Enrico Baj
  • Omo
  • signed and dated 1966 on the reverse

  • mixed media on canvas
  • 50 by 40cm.; 19 5/8 by 15 3/4 in.

Provenance

Galerie Tronche, Paris
Sale: Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art, 10 December 1999, Lot 247
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Giorgio Colombo & Jan Van der Marck, Baj, Milan 1969, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, The Catalogue Raisonné for Baj's Complete Works, Turin 1973, p. 178, no. 1245, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. The catalogue illustration does not fully convey all the collaged elements apparent in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The original rope has been replaced. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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