Lot 181
  • 181

Eduardo Chillida

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Eduardo Chillida
  • Oxido 69
  • signed with the artist's monogram
  • fired clay and ferrous oxide
  • 26 by 24.5 by 3.2cm.; 10 1/4 by 9 1/2 by 1 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 1981.

Provenance

Galerie Beyeler, Basel
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1982

Condition

This work is in very good condition. There is a faint rubmark and some minute and unobtrusive media accretions on the verso, as well as evidence of rubbing to the uppermost edge of the sculpture. All other surface irregularities are inherent to the artist's choice of medium.
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