Lot 211
  • 211

Marcel Broodthaers

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marcel Broodthaers
  • Laurel and Hardy
  • titled; signed by Sigmar Polke, Markus Lüpertz and others on the reverse
  • felt-tip pen, ballpoint pen, crepe paper and film negative on paper
  • 24 by 17.8 cm. 9 1/2 by 7 in.
  • Executed in 1971.

Provenance

Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Collection of Wolfgang Hahn, Cologne
Sotheby's, London, Contemporary Art - Including the Collection of Wolfgang Hahn, 25 October 2005, Lot 177
Acquired 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. The sheet is hinged intermittently along the verso of the sheet to the mat. The paper has discoloured slightly with age. The collaged element is intact and the artist-torn areas of the sheet are stable. The collaged sheets on the verso of the frame have discoloured slightly, there is a partial tear to the thin paper element and the edges of both sheets have curled lightly with age, presumably inherent to the artist's intent.
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