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Lot 11
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Claudio Bravo (b. 1936)

Estimate
400,000 - 500,000 USD
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Description

  • Claudio Bravo
  • White and Yellow Package

  • signed lower left and dated MMV lower right

  • oil on canvas
  • 36 by 28 5/8 in.
  • 91.4 by 72.8 cm
  • Painted in 2005.

Provenance

Marlborough Gallery, New York
Sale: Christie's, New York, Latin American Sale Evening Session, May 28, 2008, lot 6, illustrated in color
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Madrid, Marlborough Gallery, Claudio Bravo Painting and Drawings, February 7-March 11, 2006; London, Marlborough Gallery, March 30-May 6, 2006; Monaco, Marlborough Gallery, June 29-September 8, 2006,  p. 28, n. 24, illustrated in color, also illustrated on the cover

Condition

This painting is in beautiful condition. It is well stretched, most likely on its original stretcher. The paint layer is clean and lightly varnished, possibly by the artist himself. There are no damages to the paint layer and no retouches that are visible under ultraviolet light or to the naked eye. This picture should be hung as is. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
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Catalogue Note

"There was only one subject...parcels... with a cross in the center of one or several strings. They were abstract paintings but perfectly realist: in the parcels you could touch the paper but the composition was completely abstract and the colors were taken from abstract painting. There the subject of the abstractrealist combination was definitely mature."

Claudio Bravo1

(1) Edward Sullivan Interview with Claudio Bravo, 1995 as referenced in his essay for "Paquete Marfil", Latin American Art, November 19, 2002, Sotheby's, New York, lot 20, p.50