Lot 423
  • 423

JIRI KOLAR | Organist + Muse

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jiri Kolar
  • Organist + Muse
  • signed by the artist and by his wife Běla Kolářová, inscribed P. F. and dated 92 (on the reverse of the overmount)
  • collage and watercolour on paper
  • 28,2 x 17,1 cm; 11 1/8 x 6 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1992.

Provenance

Sale: Tajan, Paris, October 1, 1991 (possibly)
Acquired at the above sale by Dr. Arthur Brandt

Condition

Collage affixed to the mount along the upper edge and floating in its mount. The upper part of the collage element is stable. There is a small tear (approx. 4 cm long) in the lower right quadrant with an associated small crease and another tiny tear (approx. 0,2 cm long) in the upper left quadrant. There are nicks, paper skinning and small creases consistent with the artist's technique to the centre of the composition along the cut edge. There are a few minor lines of paper skinning with associated pigment loss, predominately to the right of the composition. There is no evidence of retouching under UV light. There is light staining to the sheet. This work is in overall good condition.
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