Lot 227
  • 227

Philip Taaffe

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 GBP
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Description

  • Philip Taaffe
  • Exploded Still Life
  • signed, titled and dated 2000-2001 on the reverse

  • oil on canvas
  • 143 by 161.5cm.; 56 3/8 by 63 5/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2002

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly brighter and more vibrant, with the blues tending more towards a deep turquoise in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is some extremely light wear to each of the four extreme corner tips and in a few isolated places to the extreme edges. Surface irregularities and wrinkling to the collaged elements are inherent to the artist's working process and original to the work's execution. There is a tiny canvas indentation adjacent to the top right corner on the right extreme edge. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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