Lot 502
  • 502

Julião Sarmento

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Julião Sarmento
  • The Cone Concealed a Blade
  • signed, titled and dated Cabriz 1991 on the reverse

  • mixed media on canvas
  • 75 by 51 1/2 in. 190.5 by 130.8 cm.

Provenance

Louver Gallery, New York
Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Madrid, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Julião Sarmento, October 1999 - January 2000

Literature

Germano Celant and Alexandre Melo, Julião Sarmento, Venice, 1997, p. 224, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling around the lateral edges. There is one small loss on the impastoed surface, located near the left side hem of the figure's dress. There are no sign of restoration under ultraviolet light inspection. Unframed.
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