Lot 71
  • 71

Semiha Berksoy

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Semiha Berksoy
  • My Mother and Me
  • signed 12.1974
  • oil and collage on masonite

Provenance

Collection of the Artist
Thence by descent to the present owner

Exhibited

Istanbul, Ataturk Kultur Merkezi, Semiha Berksoy, 1982
Istanbul, Cemal Resit Rey Konser Salonu, Semiha Berksoy, 1992
Istanbul, Is Sanat Kibele Sanat Galerisi, Semiha Berksoy Retrospective, 2003

Literature

Levent Cinemre, Ed., Semiha Berksoy, Istanbul 2003, p. 73, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue are fairly accurate Condition: This work is in fairly good condition. There is extreme wear and paint loss centred around the corners and towards the centre of the painting, inherent to the artist's style of stacking and storing her works. There are nails and previous nail marks scattered along the edges. There is a minor scratch on left centre edge towards the bottom of the work. There is a tear in the back, behind the collage figure on the right. No restoration is apparent under the ultra violet light.
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