- 6
Antonio Dias (B. 1944)
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Log in to view results
bidding is closed
Description
- Antonio Dias
- Mirage
- signed, titled and dated 71 on the reverse
- acrylic on canvas
- 37 5/8 by 37 5/8 in.
- 95 by 95 cm
Provenance
Private Collection, Italy
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Condition
This work is in beautiful condition. It appears to be in its original state. It is still stretched on its original stretcher, and it shows no signs of damage or retouching. The work should be hung as is. (This condition report has been provided courtesy of Simon Parkes Art Conservation, Inc.)
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"Antonio Dias' work seems to reduce expressive quality to rational and calculated shapes. He stated that in Paris, 'the distance took me to the black box, the black painting. I did not want to let out anything visceral.' A vocabulary of geometric shapes intruded in images of power, friction and libido." (1)
Painted in Milan, where he settled in 1968, Mirage testifies to Dias' mastery for interweaving political issues with biographical references and personal reflections into a conceptual multimedia-based oeuvre fraught with formal elegance and intellectual rigor.
(1) Paulo Herkenhoff, Antonio Dias, Trabalhos 1965-1999, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 1999, p. 44