Lot 4
  • 4

Etel Adnan

Estimate
15,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Etel Adnan
  • Untitled (#147)
  • oil on canvas
  • 32.5 by 40.6cm; 12 7/8 by 16 in.
  • Executed in 2010.

Provenance

Courtesy of the artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut/Hamburg.

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Catalogue Note

"Abstract art was the equivalent of poetic expression; I didn't need to use words, but colors and lines. I didn't need to belong to a language-oriented culture but to an open form of expression.” Etel Adnan, 1996