Lot 325
  • 325

Richard Phillips

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Richard Phillips
  • Commune
  • signed and dated '05 on the overlap
  • oil on linen
  • 86 1/4 by 64 in. 219 by 162.6 cm.

Provenance

Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Phillips de Pury & Company, London, October 18, 2008, lot 318
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Exhibited

New York, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Law, Sex & Christian Society, May - June 2005
La Triennale di Milano, Timer: Intimità/Intimacy Contemporary Art After 9/11, March - June 2007

Literature

Tobias Rüther, "Eventuell bin ich Tom Cruise," Monopol, No. 5, October/November 2005, pp. 54-63, illustrated in color
Michael Bracewell, Richard Phillips: Michael Fried, London, 2006, n.p., illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The canvas is unlined. There is some very minor wear along the extreme turning edges of the canvas. Unframed.
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