Lot 448
  • 448

Nigel Cooke

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Nigel Cooke
  • Itchy Beret
  • signed with the artist's initials on the overlap
  • oil on linen
  • 92 5/8 by 63 in. 235.2 by 160 cm.
  • Executed in 2008.

Provenance

Modern Art, London
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The surface of the work is tacky. There are scattered handling smudges along the edges. There are minute bits of cardboard residue on the side lateral edges. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

"Sometimes making paintings is like imagining a hybrid of your favorite artists, similar to an exquisite corpse." - Nigel Cooke