Lot 304
  • 304

Fernando Zobel

Estimate
100,000 - 200,000 HKD
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Description

  • Fernando Zobel
  • Sin Título (Untitled)
  • Signed
  • Oil on canvas
  • 76 by 76 cm.; 29 3/4 by 29 3/4 in.
  • Executed circa 1960s.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Condition

This work is in good condition, as is the canvas. There are a few pinpoint brown media accretions on the upper left. Wear and handling to the edges with associated spot of paint loss on the upper right margin. Examination under ultraviolet light reveals no indication of retouching. The paint layers are well preserved. The colours of the actual painting are stronger in reality. Framed.
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Catalogue Note

"The realist focuses on that loaf of bread, that flower. I'd like to create a climate in which the bread, the flower, was born of the viewer's imagination."

FERNANDO ZOBEL