Lot 177
  • 177

Jacobo Borges (b.1931)

Estimate
18,000 - 22,000 USD
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Description

  • Jacobo Borges
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  • acrylic on canvas
  • 19 3/4 by 59 1/8 in.
  • 50.2 by 150.2 cm
  • Painted in 1972.

Provenance

Estudio Actual, Caracas
CDS Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Monterrey, Museo de Monterrey, June-July 1987; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Internacional Rufino Tamayo, August-October 1987; Berlin, Staatliche Kunsthalle Berlin, November 13-December 16, 1987; Bogotá, Museo de Arte Moderno, Bogotá, January-March, 1988; Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, March-May 1988; Jacobo Borges, no. 25, pp. 68-9, illustrated in color
Caracas, Galería de Arte Nacional, Una Visión del Arte Venezolano 1940-1980, Colección Clara Diament Sujo, September-November 1995, no. 60

Literature

Dore Ashton, Jacobo Borges, Caracas, 1982, no. 39, p. 105, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in generally good condition overall. The canvas is unlined and well-stretched. The paint layer is stable. Craquelure is present within the white robe of the figure sitting in the extreme right figure of the composition. Under ultraviolet inspection, a varnish is apparent. A small, isolated cluster of in-painting is present in the extreme lower left quadrant directly below the figure in white on the extreme left. An isolated area of in-painting is also present in the center quadrant, directly below figures dressed in black and white robes.
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