Lot 47
  • 47

Alfonso Ossorio

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alfonso Ossorio
  • Death Spur
  • signed and dated 56 on the reverse; titled on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 194 by 96cm.
  • 77 by 38in.
  • Executed in 1955-56.

Provenance

Rodolphe Stadler Collection, Paris
Oscarsson Hood Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above

Literature

B. H. Friedman, Alfonso Ossorio, New York 1973, no. 94, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
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