Lot 221
  • 221

Michael Buthe

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Michael Buthe
  • Weißes Bild
  • canvas shreds and wooden stretcher
  • 151 by 256cm.; 59 1/2 by 100 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1969.

Provenance

Galerie Ricke, Cologne
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1969

Exhibited

Krefeld, Museum Haus Lange, Vorstellungen nehmen Form an, 1969, illustrated
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs - Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, 1983-84, p. 176, no. 49, illustrated
Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Der große Wurf -
Faltungen in der Gegenwartskunst
, 2008

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is softer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are tiny spots of loss to the frame in places. There are a few cracks to the frame, particularly in the joints.
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