Julian Schnabel

Waddington Gallery, London
Galleria Emilio Mazzoli, Modena
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1997

London, Waddington Galleries, Julian Schnabel, November - December 1988, p. 21, illustrated in colour

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is slightly brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals some wear with a few losses to all four edges and corner tips, most notably to the lower edge, which are visible in the catalogue illustration. Close inspection reveals a network of drying cracks to the blue paint on the big plate fragment to the upper right quadrant. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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“from Joe’s studio you couldn’t see outside because the floor-to-ceiling red velvet curtains were only partially open…Joe was in his kitchen, sitting in the dark in a Metropolitan Opera Egyptian-style black velvet chair. He was listening to Maria Callas…isolated in the dark, far away from everybody…Joe’s need to be an artist had led him away from everything familiar: his friends, his family, his home, society.”

JULIAN SCHNABEL