Lot 167
  • 167

Enrico Baj

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • Enrico Baj
  • La Donna pubblica
  • signé et daté 56
  • huile, collage, coton, verre, étoupe et toile de jutte sur tissu
    Exécuté en 1956.
  • 95 x 85 cm; 37 3/8 x 33 7/16 in.

Provenance

Gallery One (Victor Musgrave), Londres
Collection Illa Kodicek, Londres
Vente: Christie's, Londres, The Kodicek Collection of Modern Pictures, 23 juin 1993, lot 333
Collection Semiha Huber, Zürich (acquis lors de cette vente)
Collection Juliana Huber, Zürich (transmis par descendance)

Literature

Domus, Londres, 1957, p.38, illustré
Enrico Crispolti, Catalogo Generale Bolaffi dell' opera di Enrico Baj, no. 266, p. 51, Turin, 1973, illustré

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration although the overall tonality is deeper and less contrasted in the original work. Aside from some very faint hairline cracks and some minor dirt on the surface, this work is in excellent condition.
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