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Anish Kapoor
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
- Anish Kapoor
- Untitled
- Signed indistinctly and dated and inscribed 'For Florie / 1994' on reverse
- Oil on paper laid on card
- 72.5 x 55.3 cm. (29 ¼ x 21 ¾ in.)
- Painted in 1994
Provenance
Gifted to the present owner by the artist in 2003
Condition
There are very small creases and tears around the edges of the paper and a slightly larger crease on both the upper right and centre left edge of the work. The surface is undulated due to prior adhesive used behind the paper which has since been removed by a restorer. A small cluster of pitting is also visible in the lower right corner upon close inspection.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE 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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Bombay born Anish Kapoor is best known for his large scale sculptural works, however his paintings on paper are an integral part of his practice. From very early on in his career, Kapoor has made two-dimensional works in ink, acrylic, gouache, oil, pigment and earth on both paper and oil. As the artist states “I think I am a painter who is a sculptor… For me the two things have somehow come together, so that I am making physical things that are all about somewhere else, about illusory space.” (Anish Kapoor, interviewed in Art Monthly, May 1990, http://www.lissongallery.com/exhibitions/anish-kapoor--13). Like his sculptural works his compositions ‘are almost, primeval, like Ur-signs speaking directly to innate human passions. Blood-red tendrils and black voids appear and reveal a darker, more intimately charged presence, as if these highly textured surfaces are the very corporeal tissues of the psyche’. (Anish Kapoor: Works on Paper, March 9 - April 14, 2007, Gladstone Gallery, http://gladstonegallery.com/exhibition/1333/press)