Lot 111
  • 111

Julio Larraz (B. 1944)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Julio Larraz
  • Watermelon Slices
  • inscribed with signature and numbered 2/6
  • 9 3/4 by 32 1/4 by 24 3/4 in.
  • (24.8 by 81.9 by 62.8 cm)
  • Executed in 1994.
bronze and polychrome

Provenance

Ron Hall Gallery, Dallas

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Vallois, Julio Larraz, May 18-July 30, 1995, no. 27, illustration of another cast

Condition

The is slight rubbing and flaking of the painted surface along the edges of the watermelon pieces especially a ΒΌ in. flake on the right edge of the smallest piece and on the tip of the left edge of the second smallest piece. There are also a few paint losses along the reverse of the back watermelon. There is a crack through the last piece of watermelon which is most likely intentionally done by the artist.
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