Lot 176
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Alejandro Otero (1921-1990)

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 USD
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Description

  • Alejandro Otero
  • Sin título (Nº 9)
  • numbered 37 on the reverse

  • painted wood and metal collage

  • 36 1/4 by 30 3/4 in.
  • 92.2 by 78 cm
  • Executed circa 1966.

Provenance

Private collection, Caracas (acquired from the artist)

Exhibited

Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Alejandro Otero, February 1985, no. 295

Condition

The painted saw presents scattered brown spots of oxidation. There is some very fine vertical crack to the white painted wood background. The surface does not appear to have been recently repainted. Overall, the work is in very good condition.
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