Cyprien Gaillard

Private Collection, New York
Private Collection

This work is in excellent condition overall. There is evidence of light handling along the edges of the canvas, but this is likely inherent the nature of it being a found object. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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“Why I use it and why it interests me is because somehow Cleveland, over the last 100 years, became a city of ruins…The Indian is smiling back, he is saying who is laughing now?  You made fun of me, but you became me…I use him as this, as a kind of reminder that fighting ruins is not that simple.”  Cyprien Gaillard