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Lot 149
  • 149

Steven Parrino

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Steven Parrino
  • Untitled
  • signed and dated 1990 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 183 by 122cm.; 72 by 48in.

Provenance

Galerie Rolf Ricke, Cologne
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Catalogue Note

“I want to be profoundly touched by art, by life. I came to painting at the time of its death, not to breathe its last breath, but to caress its lifelessness.”

Steven Parrino, The No Texts (1979-2003), New Jersey 2003, p. 37.