Lot 357
  • 357

Marlene Dumas

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Marlene Dumas
  • Baby Eating Its Own Tail
  • signed with the artist's initials, titled and dated 89
  • pencil, watercolor, pastel and crayon on paper
  • 13 1/4 by 9 5/8 in. 33.7 by 24.4 cm.

Provenance

Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Acquired by the present owner from the above in June 2003

Exhibited

Paris, Centre Pompidou; Museum De Pont, Tilburg; New York, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Marlene Dumas: Nom de Personne/Name No Names, October 2001 - June 2002, cat. no. 28

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse to the backing board along the top edge. The left and right edges of the sheet are irregularly cut and the top and bottom edges are deckled. There is pale time staining to the sheet.The sheet undulates slightly, due to the artist's choice of medium and working method. Framed under glass.
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