Manolo Valdés

Galería Marlborough, Madrid
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006

This work is in very good condition overall. The work is sound and stable. There is light wear throughout and there are a few scattered areas of oxidation, most notably on the verso of the figure’s head. Under close inspection there is evidence of some minor dust accretions within the recesses of the work. The surface irregularities are inherent to the artist’s working method.
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"Velásquez as a point of reference has always been the testing ground for Valdés' paraphrases. Each new research effort has been carried out on the fallow land of Velásquez's figures...Valdés falls back on Velásquez's work time and again to move forward with his own imagery." Kosma de Baraño cited in Exh. Cat., Ministère de Culture, Las Tres Dimensiones en Valdés, Paris 2005, p. 15