Lot 7
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GER VAN ELK | Study (C de X) “Slash and Push”

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • VAN ELK Ger
  • Study (C de X) “Slash and Push”
  • signed, titled and dated '94; signed and dated ‘96 on a label affixed to the reverse
  • acrylic and photograph on board, in artist’s frame
  • image: 83.2 by 101.5 cm. 32 3/4 by 40 in.
  • frame: 95 by 112 cm. 37 3/8 by 44 in.

Provenance

Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the background tends more towards blue, and the frame is slightly lighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

“No one is more adept at calling attention to the way art calls attention to itself.”
Susan Tallman
‘Ger van Elk 1941-2014’, Art in America, August 2014, online