EDGAR NEGRET | Metamorfosis

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

Biarritz, Espace Bellevue, Passion et raison d'un esprit constructif: Une conquête de l'art d'Amérique Latine, Oeuvres de la Fundación Daniela Chappard, June - September 2006, cat. no. 78, illustrated in color 

This work is in good and sound condition overall. The media layer and all aluminum elements are stable. The work is lightly soiled overall. On the interior side of the horizontal curved element, raking light inspection reveals scattered transparent surface accretions throughout. On the exterior side of the same segment, an isolated area of surface dirp accretions is present measuring three inches in width. On the base, scattered faint brown surface accretions are present throughout. A few isolated surface scuffs are also present, the most noticeable of which are a group of three six-inch diagonal scuffs in the frontal right corner, and two four-inch diagonal scuffs at the back left corner.
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