Lot 45
  • 45

Rudolf Stingel

Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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Description

  • Rudolf Stingel
  • Untitled
  • oil and enamel on canvas
  • 95 x 76 in. 241.3 x 193 cm.
  • Executed in 2007.

Provenance

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Rudolf Stingel, January - October 2007, pp. 84, 86, 93, 97 and 98, illustrated in color (installation photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art) (New York only)

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. There is an area of debris consisting of fibers and white pigment that adhered to the canvas when the paint was drying located 5 ½ - 5 ¾ in. up from the bottom edge and 16 ½ - 17 in. from the right edge. Along the bottom edge there is an area where the surface appears to have a different modeling of paint, located 52 in. in length and ranging up to 10 in. from the bottom at the most extreme point, possibly from the time of execution. Under Ultraviolet light there are no apparent restorations. This work is not framed.
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