Luc Tuymans

Grant Selwyn, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2002

This work is in good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling to the edges and corners of the canvas. There is craquelure along all four edges of the canvas, most noticeable along the top and right edges, where there appears to be minor paint loss. Under ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"I tried very ardently to make the images look fragmentary as a whole. That was the aim. What was fascinating to me was the idea of approaching a painting as one would approach a film. The big difference is that you do not create a narrative as such, with one image after the other evolving into a moving image with a picture. In a painting of yours, the elements are highly de-contextualized, so that you have the feeling that something is complete, but by looking at it you see the inconsistency of the image. That’s the most interesting thing and the most irritating thing to do and is also, I think, what holds the attention." Luc Tuymans