Lot 16
  • 16

François Morellet

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • François Morellet
  • 2 Trames de Tirets 0° 90°
  • signed, titled and dated 1974 on the stretcher

  • oil on canvas
  • 140 by 140cm.; 55 1/8 by 55 1/8 in.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Renilde Hammacher-van den Brande for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in 1979

Exhibited

Hasselt, Provinciaal Museum, A Choice within a Choice, 1981-1982
Arsac en Médoc, Château d'Arsac (& travelling), Aventure dans l'Art, Collection Peter Stuyvesant, 1989
Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Art Works: International Modern Art in the Industrial Working Environment, an Experiment over more than Thirty Years: Peter Stuyvesant Foundation, 1991-1992, p.125, illustrated in colour 
Sevilla, World EXPO '92, Art in the Factory, 1992, no. 49, illustrated in colour 

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is warmer in the original with the white tending more to cream. There is also greater contrast between the cream and the black elements of the composition. Condition: This work is in good condition. There is some faint wear and minute specks of paint loss to the corner tips of the composition. There are handling and rub marks scattered around the 4 edges of the canvas, particularly noticeable along the upper corners and to the centre of the bottom edge. There is a small 2cm rub mark 10cm above the centre left of the bottom edge (faintly visible in the catalogue illustration). No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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Catalogue Note

This work is recorded under the François Morellet Archive Number 74022