Lot 126
  • 126

Albert Oehlen

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description

  • Albert Oehlen
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 12
  • charcoal on paper
  • 200 by 270 cm. 78 3/4 by 106 1/4 in.

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Rome, Gagosian Gallery, Albert Oehlen: Drawings, June - July 2012, pp. 8-9, illustrated (installation view) and pp. 26-27, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the paper tone tends slightly more towards a pure white. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the mount in several places Close inspection reveals some unobtrusive handling marks along the edges and in places to the sheet. Further close inspection reveals a few tiny media accretions in isolated places.
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Catalogue Note

"Oehlen constantly challenges, disrupts and destabilises his own processes, imposing rules and disciplines if only in order to break them.”
Martin Clark 
'Abstract Painting Must Die Now', in: Exh. Cat., London, Whitechapel Gallery, Albert Oehlen I will Always Champion Good Painting, 2006, p. 56