Lot 71
  • 71

Theodoros Stamos

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Theodoros Stamos
  • Infinity Field, Lefkada Series I
  • signed in Greek, titled and dated 1972 on the stretcher
  • acrylic on canvas
  • 203 by 76cm., 80 by 30in.

Provenance

Galerie Knoedler, Zurich
Purchased from the above by the present owner circa 1985-90

Exhibited

Shawnee Mission, Kansas, Morgan Gallery, Theodoros Stamos, 1977
New York, Louis K. Meisel Gallery, 1977
Wichita, Kansas, Edwin Ulrich Museum of Art, Theodoros Stamos: paintings, 1979
Zurich, Turske & Turske, Theodoros Stamos: 'The dark paintings', 1985

Condition

The canvas has not been lined. The work is in very good original condition and ultra-violet light reveals no sign of restoration. The work is ready to hang. Presented in a narrow black frame with gilt border.
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