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Agostino Bonalumi
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 EUR
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Description
- Agostino Bonalumi
- Bianco
- firmato e datato 1968 sul retro
- tela estroflessa e tempera vinilica
- cm 140x80x23,5
Provenance
Acquistato direttamente dall'artista
Condition
This work is in generally good overall condition. The white tonality is slightly warmer compared to the catalogue illustration. There are some consolidated craquelures on the top of the shape, along the left upper margin and over the shape and towards the upper right corner. There are very light traces of dust along the upper edge and 1 by the outer left edge, towards the corner. No traces of retouching appear to be visible under UV light.
"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
(...) L'opera di Bonalumi, in definitiva, si presenta come una delle poche, ai nostri giorni, che abbia saputo evitare i tranelli dell'informale, della Pop Art, di tanto "concettualismo" esasperato, e che abbia, per contro, continuato ad essere una pietra di paragone sostanziale nella difficile stagione pittorica e plastica all'inizio del terzo millennio. (...)
Bonalumi's work is ultimately one of the few cases, in this day and age, that has managed to avoid the traps set by the Informal, by Pop Art and by so much overdone 'conceptualism' and that has, on the contrary, continued to provide a substantial landmark in the difficult season of painting and plastics at the dawn of the third millennium. (...)
(Gillo Dorfles, in "Agostino Bonalumi", catalogo della mostra di all'Institut Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, 2004, pp. 31 e 33)
Bonalumi's work is ultimately one of the few cases, in this day and age, that has managed to avoid the traps set by the Informal, by Pop Art and by so much overdone 'conceptualism' and that has, on the contrary, continued to provide a substantial landmark in the difficult season of painting and plastics at the dawn of the third millennium. (...)
(Gillo Dorfles, in "Agostino Bonalumi", catalogo della mostra di all'Institut Mathildenhohe, Darmstadt, 2004, pp. 31 e 33)