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Lot 67
  • 67

Ben

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Ben
  • Zonder vrijheid geen kunst (Sans liberté, pas d'art)
  • signé
  • acrylique sur toile
  • 160 x 120 cm; 63 x 47 1/4 in.
  • Exécuté en 1998.

Provenance

Madame de Wacht, Bruxelles
Benoot Gallery, Ostende
Acquis auprès de celle-ci circa 2005

Exhibited

Bruxelles, Artiscope, L'Usage de la parole, 29 février-25 avril 2008; catalogue, n°56, illustré en couleurs

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is deeper in the original. Some paint cracks are visible in the white impasto. Under UV light some retouchings are visible : 15cm above the signature; 6cm from the left edge and 25cm from the top edge.
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