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Lot 394
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John Chamberlain

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • John Chamberlain
  • O'Sweet Mr Rhee
  • painted compressed metal
  • 54 by 63 by 23cm.; 21 1/4 by 24 3/4 by 9in.
  • Executed in 1989.

Provenance

PaceWildenstein, New York
Sale: Phillips de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, Contemporary Art, 13 November 2001, Lot 183
Galerie Karsten Grève, Paris
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals a few specks of oxidisation in places. All other surface irregularities are in keeping with the artistÂ’s choice of medium and working process.
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Catalogue Note

"What we feel is that some superhuman pressure must have caused a section (of the sculpture) to collapse and finally give way, creased as though by a blow… The enormousness of the force required is suddenly overwhelming. What titan made this work?"

Barbara Rose, ‘On Chamberlain’s Interview’, Artforum, February 1972