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Lot 117
  • 117

Matthew Monahan

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Matthew Monahan
  • Untitled (Figure Back)
  • coloured pencil on paper
  • 175 by 61cm.; 68 3/4 by 24in.
  • Executed in 1997.

Provenance

Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by they present owner

Exhibited

London, The Saatchi Gallery, USA Today: New American Art from The Saatchi Gallery, 2006, p. 277, illustrated in colour
London, Saatchi Gallery, The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, 2011

Literature

Meghan Dailey, The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture, London 2009, p. 416, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the green of the pencil marks is brighter and more prominent in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached to the backing board at intervals on the reverse. There are artist's pin holes in all four corners and at the centre of each edge. All creasing and surface irregularities are original and inherent to the artist's working process.
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