Lot 386
  • 386

On Kawara

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description

  • On Kawara
  • December 5, 1990
  • titled and dated Dec.5, 1990; signed and dated 1990 on the reverse
  • liquitex on canvas with newspaper clipping in handmade cardboard box

  • 34 by 44.5 by 5cm.; 13 3/8 by 17 1/2 by 2in.

Provenance

Micheline Szwajcer Gallery, Antwerp
Private Collection, Belgium

Exhibited

Exhibition Catalogue, Bordeaux, CAPC Musee d'Art Contemporain, On Kawara  247 months / 247 days, 1993-1994, n.p., illustrated 

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the black tends more to dark grey in the original work. Condition: The handmade box is in very good condition overall. The top right corner of the lid is split. The canvas is in very good condition. There are two tiny fly spots in the first number '9' visible only upon very close inspection. No restoration is apparent under ultra-violet light.
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