Lot 40
  • 40

Adriana Varejão (b. 1964)

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Adriana Varejão
  • Cristo
  • signed twice, titled and dated 1988 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 70 7/8 by 86 5/8 in.
  • 180 by 220 cm.

Provenance

Galería Thomas Cohn, Rio de Janeiro
Sale: Christie's, New York, The Latin American Sale: Important Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, May, 28, 1998, lot 72, illustrated in color
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Stockholm, Liljevalchs Konsthall, Viva Brasil Viva. Konst Fran Brasilien, April-June 1991

Condition

This work is ready to hang. The canvas is unlined and well-stretched. The paint layer overall is stable. There are very thick areas of impasto; these areas are stable.
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