Lot 55
  • 55

Alfonso Ossorio

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Alfonso Ossorio
  • Fluxus
  • oil and enamel on canvas
  • 211 by 129.5cm
  • 83 by 51in.
  • Executed in 1958.

Provenance

Mrs. P. Y. de Ossorio Collection, Greenwich 
Oscarsson Hood Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above in 1983

Literature

B. H. Friedman, Alfonso Ossorio, New York 1973, no. 101, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals a small area of fine and stable craquelure towards the bottom left corner, and another one to the centre of the bottom right quadrant. The canvas has been relined with wax. No restoration is apparent under ultraviolet light.
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