Lot 190
  • 190

Barry McGee

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Barry McGee
  • Untitled
  • acrylic on panel, in twelve parts
  • overall: 120.4 by 130cm.; 47 1/4 by 51 1/4 in.; smallest: 15 by 23cm.; 5 7/8 by 9in.
  • largest: 31 by 45cm.; 21 1/4 by 17 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 2004.

Provenance

Marella Arte Contemporanea, Milan
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2005

Exhibited

Merano, Merano Arte: Cassa di Risparmio, Sound Zero. Arte e musica dalla pop alla street art, 2006-07
Vittoria-Gasteiz, Museo Artium, Gravity: Coleccion Ernesto Esposito, 2008, p. 47, illustrated
Bologna, Museo Mambo, Cara Domani: Opere dalla Collezione Ernesto Esposito, 2012, p. 32, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the tonality of the bearded face towards the centre of the composition tends more towards pink, the extremely light blue shapes in the panel directly underneath it tend more towards a soft turquoise and the orange shapes in the panel at the bottom of the composition are actually a bright neon in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals evidence of light wear, handling, tiny unobtrusive media accretions and minor hairline cracks to some of the panels in isolated places. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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