Lot 226
  • 226

Andrew Masullo

Estimate
3,000 - 4,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Andrew Masullo
  • (i) 2461(ii) 1797
  • (i) oil on board in artist's frame 
    (ii) paper collage on photograph
  • (i) 25.5 by 19.3cm.; 10 by 7 5/8 in. (ii) 23.5 by 17cm.; 9 1/4 by 6 3/4 in.
  • (i) Executed in 1991. (ii) Executed in 1988.

Provenance

Fiction/Nonfiction, New York
Thomas Amman Fine Art, Zürich
Private Collection, Switzerland

Literature

(ii) Exhibition Catalogue, Zürich, Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Andrew Masullo, 1999, no. 18, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colours: (i) The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the third strip of colour tends moe towards a deep plum and the green strip tends more towards an acid apple in the original. (ii) The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is lighter in the original. Condition: (i) This work is in very good condition. There is wear to all four corner tips with associated paint loss. There are handling marks along all four edges of the frame with additional assosicated paint loss. (ii) This work is in good condition. Attached securely to the backing board in all four corners. There is minor wear to all four corners. There is slight undualtion to the photograph. There is a superficial layer of dust behing the glass. There is a light crease approximately 3cm. long towards the centre of the left edge. There are light superficial scratches throughout and tiny creases along the top and bottom right edges visible in a raking light.
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