Lot 195
  • 195

Enrico Baj

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Enrico Baj
  • Teodomiro e Ayesha, Figlia di Abubeker
  • signed

  • oil, cotton and collage on canvas
  • 130 by 162cm.; 51 1/8 by 63 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 1964.

Provenance

Milton D. Ratner, Chicago (acquired directly from the artist)
Thence by descent to the present owner

 

Exhibited

Milan, Palazzo Reale, Pittura a Milano dal 1945 al 1964, 1964, p. 107, illustrated
The Hague, Gemeentenmuseum; Ghent, Ghent Museum of Fine Arts, Enrico Baj, 1967, no. 27
Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Baj, 1971, no. 39, illustrated
Indianapolis, Museum of Art, A Travelling Exhibition from the Milton D. Ratner Collection, 1978-1980

Literature

AA. VV., Baj, Milano 1969, illustrated
Enrico Crispolti, Catalogo Generale Bolaffi dell'Opera di Enrico Baj, Turin 1973, p. 163, no. 1110, illustrated

Condition

Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Upon close inspection, there is very light wear to the bottom corner tips and a few tiny spots of loss towards the top left corner. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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