Lot 43
  • 43

Paul Jenkins

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
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Description

  • Paul Jenkins
  • Phenomena, A Stone for Light
  • signed
  • oil and airbrush on canvas
  • 190,5 by 290 cm.; 75 by 114 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 1963.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Willem Sandberg for the Peter Stuyvesant Collection in 1963

Exhibited

Melbourne, Museum of Modern Art (& travelling), Art in Industry, 1964-1965
Paris, Musée du Louvre, Le Musée dans l'Usine, Collection Peter Stuyvesant, 1966
Quebec, Museum (& travelling), Art in the Factory / Le Musée dans l'Usine, 1968-1969
Sankt Gallen, Kunstmuseum (& travelling), Le Musée dans l' Usine, 1970-1971
The Hague, Pulchri Studio, Peter Stuyvesant Collectie, 1972
Eindhoven, Bijenkorf (& travellling), Kunst over de Drempel, 1985
Amsterdam, Beurs van Berlage, Kunstzaken, 1988-1989
Zevenaar, Turmac, 30 Jaar Peter Stuyvesant Collectie: Hommage à Spinoza, 1990
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. 101, illustrated in colour 
Barcelona, Fondación Miró; Zaragoza, Palacio de la Lonja; Valencia, Museo de la Ciudad, El Arte Funciona, 1992
Paris, École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, l'Art Actif, 1992

Literature

Harry Abrams, HansJaffé, et al., Adventure in Art, An International Group of Art Collections in Industrial Environments, Milan & Amsterdam 1970, p. 120, illustrated in colour  

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is richer in the original work where the colours are more vibrant. Condition: This work is in good condition. Some buckling to the canvas at the upper right corner and lower corners. Some faint hairline cracks along the left edge and right edge (at the middle). When examined under ultraviolet light a few retouches are apparent in the lower left corner and lower right corner and five small spots with tiny specks of retouches located 28cm from the lower edge and 100cm from the right edge.
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