Lot 586
  • 586

Harland Miller

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Harland Miller
  • Incurable Romantic Seeks Dirty Filthy Whore
  • signed on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 92 by 61 1/8 in. 233.7 by 155.3 cm.
  • Executed in 2012.

Provenance

Ingleby Gallery, Edinburgh
Private Collection

Exhibited

Edinburgh, Ingleby Gallery, Harland Miller: Overcoming Optimism, November 2012 - January 2013

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of minor wear and handling along the edges of the canvas. There is stray paint throughout the composition which is inherent to the artist's working method. There are 3 pinpoint accretions located 25 inches from the left edge and 33 from the top edge, as well as 2 pinpoint accretions 26 inches from the right edge and 27 1/2 inches from the top edge. Under ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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