Lot 46
  • 46

Cecily Brown

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Cecily Brown
  • Summerstorm
  • signed and dated 2000; signed and dated 2000 on the reverse 
  • oil on canvas
  • 152.5 by 152.5cm.; 60 by 60in.

Provenance

Private Collection

Exhibited

Exhibition Catalogue: Berlin, Contemporary Fine Arts, Cecily Brown: Days of Heaven, 2001, n.p., no. 10, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The overall tonality is much richer and more vibrant in the original. The blue towards the lower edge tends more towards a soft, bright turquoise, the skin tone of the figures contain fewer yellow undertones and is deeper, and the pink pigment is much richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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