Lot 342
  • 342

Francesco Vezzoli

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Francesco Vezzoli
  • Homage to Robert Mapplethorpe: Louise Nevelson
  • inkjet print with metallic embroidery, in artist's frame
  • image: 66.5 by 61cm.; 26 1/8 by 24in.
  • framed: 81.5 by 81.5 by 2.5cm.; 32 by 32 by 1in.
  • Executed in 2006.

Provenance

Giò Marconi Gallery, Milan

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Doha, QMA Gallery, Francesco Vezzoli's Museum of Crying Women, 2013, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although it fails the convey the glittery nature of the metallic embroidered tears visible in the original. In the catalogue illustration, the photograph slipped under the mount; the work is now re-hinged and both layers align properly. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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