Lot 13
  • 13

Fred Tomaselli

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
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Description

  • Fred Tomaselli
  • Expecting to Fly
  • signed, titled, and dated 2002 on the reverse
  • photocollage, leaves, acrylic, gouache, and resin on wood panel

  • 122 by 122cm.
  • 48 by 48in.

Provenance

Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Edinburgh, The Fruitmarket Gallery; Salamanca, Domus Artium; Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art; Waltham, Massachusetts, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University; London, White Cube, Fred Tomaselli, Monsters of Paradise, 2004-05, p. 50, illustrated in colour and p. 51, detail illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original, particularly the butterflies, dots and designs in the background. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent under ultra violet light.
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