Lot 234
  • 234

Francesco Vezzoli

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Francesco Vezzoli
  • Le Surréalisme C'Est Moi! (Portrait of Salvador Dalí with Jewels and Tears, After Horst)
  • inkjet print on canvas with custom jewelry and cotton and metallic embroidery, in artist's chosen frame
  • 41 by 30 3/8 by 2 3/8 in. 104.1 by 77.2 by 6 cm.
  • Executed in 2009.

Provenance

Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in December 2010

Exhibited

Vienna, VfmK Verlag für moderne Kunst GmbH, Le Surréalisme, c’est moi! Salvador Dalí & Louise Bourgeois, Glenn Brown, Markus Schinwald, Francesco Vezzoli, 2011, n.p., illustrated

Literature

Exh. Cat., Rome, MAXXI – Museo Nazionale delle Arti del XXI Secolo, Galleria Vezzoli, 2013, n.p., illustrated

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The printed canvas is window matted. Under close inspection, there is evidence of minor dust accumulation to the surface. There are a few minor scuff marks to the artist's chosen frame and a minor loss to the lower left corner of the artist's chosen frame. Framed under glass in artist's chosen frame.
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