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Michael Gross
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Michael Gross
- Space and Boards
- signed Michael Gross, signed in Hebrew and dated 1975-83 (on the reverse)
- oil on canvas with wooden board
- 39 3/8 by 71 1/4 in.
- 100 by 181 cm.
- Painted in 1975 and again in 1983.
Provenance
Sale: Sotheby's Tel Aviv, 14 April 1998, lot 48
Exhibited
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Michael Gross 1975-1977, 1977, n.n.
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum, The Want of Matter - A Quality in Israeli Art, 1986, p. 128, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum, The Want of Matter - A Quality in Israeli Art, 1986, p. 128, illustrated in the exhibition catalogue
Condition
The upper edge of the work is stained and there are losses along the edges of the work, primarily along the right edge. There are two spots of paint loss and flaking in the center of the yellow section of the work, just above the border with the blue. There is a large rectangular rubbed area with a 30 cm vertical scratch running through it in the lower half of the painting. Ultraviolet light reveals retouching in several areas of the canvas, with one area corresponding to a patch on the reverse of the canvas. The reverse of the canvas shows water stains.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
In Gross' works from the 1970s and 80s, the areas of applied color were juxtaposed with exposed canvas, planks and beams, adding a layer of tension to the work beyond the simpler means of color, lines and form. Space and Boards, offered here, is a beautiful example of the sublime intensity Gross succeeded in achieving with endless expanses of broad abstract areas of color, clean lines, a three dimensional rough beam positioned at the border of the format and a transcendent light throughout.