Lot 162
  • 162

Max Bill

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Max Bill
  • Doppelfarben (Im Kreuz 1:2:3:4)
  • signed and dated 1968 on the reverse; signed, titled and dated 1968 on the stretcher
  • oil on canvas
  • 119.9 by 120.5cm.; 47 1/4 by 47 3/8 in.

Provenance

Staempfli Gallery, Inc, New York (1970)
Galerie Denise René, Paris
Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich
Private Collection, Zurich
Sale: Christie's, Zurich, Swiss Art, 21 September 2009, Lot 31
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Zurich, Stiftung für Konstruktive und Konkrete Kunst, Max Bill zum 80, Geburtstag, 1988
Winterthur, Kunstmuseum, Max Bill - Aspekte seines Werks, 2008, p. 186, no. 92, illustrated 

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the background tends more towards cream in the original. Condition: This work is in good condition. There is extensive but stable craquelure across the surface. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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