Lot 396
  • 396

Esko Männikkö

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Esko Männikkö
  • (i) Hyrnsalami(ii) Alvar?(iii) Kuhmo
  • (i) signed, titled, dated 1990 and numbered 7/10 on the backing board
    (ii) signed, titled and numbered 2/20 on the backing board
    (iii) signed, titled, dated 1994, print 1996 and numbered 4/20 on the backing board
  • (i)-(iii) c-print, in artist's frame
  • (i) overall: 63.5 by 53.5cm.; 25 1/8 by 21in.; (ii) overall: 47 by 55.5cm.; 18 1/2 by 21 3/4 in.
  • (iii) overall: 49 by 61.7cm.; 19 1/4 by 24 1/4 in.
  • (ii) Executed in 2001.

Provenance

Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

(ii) Exhibition Catalogue, Les Mesnuls, Fondation d'Art Contemporain Daniel et Florence Guerlain, Artéfacts - La Vie Secrète des Choses, 2004, p. 41, another example exhibited and illustrated
(iii) Esko Männikkö, Naarashauki The Female Pike, Oulu 2000, p. 81, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The surface irregularities in the frames are in keeping with the artist's choice of found media.
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