Christopher Wool

Galleria Daniele Ugolini, Firenze
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is evidence of very light wear to the upper extreme corner tips. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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"Standing before such paintings for the first time is a curious experience. One thinks naturally of Pollock because of the way the paint is dripped onto the metal support (...) Instead of his looping whorls of paint, seemingly uncontrolled, but in fact highly disciplined, one faces in Wool's work only the arbitrary order of carefully achieved randomness. Undeniably the work is beautiful; for many observers it resembles stars in a night sky.”

JOHN CALDWELL
Exhibition Catalogue, San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, New Work: Christopher Wool, 1998