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Christopher Wool
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 EUR
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Description
- Christopher Wool
- Flow state
- signed and dated 86 on the reverse
- enamel on aluminium
- 244 x 122 cm; 96 1/16 x 48 in.
- Executed in 1986.
Provenance
Luhring, Augustine & Hodes, New York
Sale: Christie's New York, Contemporary, 17 November 2000, lot 493
Private collection, Pennsylvania
Callamari Fine Art Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the current owner in 2009
Sale: Christie's New York, Contemporary, 17 November 2000, lot 493
Private collection, Pennsylvania
Callamari Fine Art Inc., New York
Acquired from the above by the current owner in 2009
Condition
The work is in very good condition.
"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."
"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
COMPS:
Graffitied spray paint on paint wall. Image: © Ints Vikmanis / Alamy Stock Photo
"One could superficially interpret Wool's paintings as parodies of Pollock's seriousness, as a cynical re-enactment of action painting utilizing an impoverished bag of tricks hijacked from vandalism. But then one would be missing the point. No, Wool embraces and engages action painting as his primary source and he then manipulates it, with the cool reflection of a Pop artist or Dada collagist, creating art that is both intense and reflective, physical and mechanical, unconscious and considered, refined in technique and redolent of street vernacular, both high and low. But despite the many apparent contradictions, the work is singular, strong, organic and as deep as it might appear shallow."
Glenn O'Brien, “Apocalypse and Wallpaper” in H. W. Holzwarth (ed.), Christopher Wool, Kln, 2012, p. 9
Graffitied spray paint on paint wall. Image: © Ints Vikmanis / Alamy Stock Photo
"One could superficially interpret Wool's paintings as parodies of Pollock's seriousness, as a cynical re-enactment of action painting utilizing an impoverished bag of tricks hijacked from vandalism. But then one would be missing the point. No, Wool embraces and engages action painting as his primary source and he then manipulates it, with the cool reflection of a Pop artist or Dada collagist, creating art that is both intense and reflective, physical and mechanical, unconscious and considered, refined in technique and redolent of street vernacular, both high and low. But despite the many apparent contradictions, the work is singular, strong, organic and as deep as it might appear shallow."
Glenn O'Brien, “Apocalypse and Wallpaper” in H. W. Holzwarth (ed.), Christopher Wool, Kln, 2012, p. 9