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JOSEPH KOSUTH | L'Essence de la Retorique est dans L'Allegorie: Paradoxe, Description, Représentation

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25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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描述

  • Joseph Kosuth
  • L'Essence de la Retorique est dans L'Allegorie: Paradoxe, Description, Représentation
  • silkscreen on paper laid down on board, in artist's frame, in three parts
  • each: 100.2 by 125 cm. 39 3/8 by 49 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1989, this work is unique.

來源

Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colousr in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly cooler in the original. Condition: i. This work is in very good condition. There is some evidence of light wear to the outer edges with associated minutes losses to the extreme outer corner tips, as well as some faint rub marks and nicks in places. There are some cracks to all four corners where the beams of the frame meet. Very close inspection reveals a small network of drying cracks to the lower right corner and a short and superficial scratch to the right edge towards the upper right corner. There are some losses to all four edges of the silkscreen. ii. This work is in very good condition. There is some evidence of light wear to the outer edges with associated losses to the extreme outer corner tips. There are some cracks to all four corners where the beams of the frame meet. There are some losses to all four edges of the silkscreen. iii. This work is in very good condition. There is some evidence of wear to the outer edges with associated losses to the upper left and lower right corner tips, as well as some faint rub marks in places. There are cracks to all four corners where the beams of the frame meet. There are some losses to all four edges of the silkscreen.
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