Lot 267
  • 267

Julian Opie

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Julian Opie
  • Ruth with Cigarette, 2
  • signed on the overlap
  • dye on nylon on wooden stretcher
  • 245.5 by 169.5cm.; 96 3/4 by 66 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 2005.

Provenance

Private Collection, Japan

Exhibited

Kumamoto, Contemporary Art Museum, POP ART 1960s-2000s, 2015

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the background tends more towards lavender in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals some very light handling marks towards the right edge, approximately 80cm. from the lower right corner, and a further tiny spot of handling evidence to the left edge, 48cm from the upper left corner.
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