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Raymond Hains
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
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Description
- Raymond Hains
- Untitled
- signed and dated 1967 on the reverse
- torn posters on metal
- 150 x 200 cm; 56 9⁄16 x 78 3⁄4 in.
- Executed in 1967.
Provenance
Jean Larcade, Paris
Private collection, Paris
Sale: Artcurial, Paris, Art Contemporain.1, 21 October 2007, lot 117
Private collection
Sale: Artcurial, Paris, Contemporary Art 1, 6 December 2010, lot 36
Collection Alain & Candice Fraiberger
Private collection, Paris
Sale: Artcurial, Paris, Art Contemporain.1, 21 October 2007, lot 117
Private collection
Sale: Artcurial, Paris, Contemporary Art 1, 6 December 2010, lot 36
Collection Alain & Candice Fraiberger
Condition
The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, although the overall tonality is lighter in the original work, especially along the left and lower edge. Moreover the orange is less fluorescent than in the catalogue image. This work is in very good original condition.
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NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
"Dialectician of palisades." This is what Raymond Hains proclaimed himself. The artist plays with words, invents his own charades and associations of ideas. His works are like many ways to dismantle language, to create "sidewalk sculptures" (Raymond Hains). The artist interprets lettrism his own way and manages to capture moments of life through posters, tags and graffiti. "Hains works, breathes and rips off" (Claude Rivière). The balance of his artworks comes from the continual back and forth between a seemingly playful and colorful universe and its destructive underside. Raymond Hains's use of urban vocabulary in his creation has turned him into a leading figure of New Realism, which manifesto he signed on October 27th 1960. His palisades confront viewers with fragments of cities and give shape to a unique urban abstraction.