Lot 132
  • 132

Blinky Palermo

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
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Description

  • Blinky Palermo
  • Ohne Titel
  • signed and dated 71 
  • watercolour and pen on paper
  • 28.3 by 29.8 cm. 11 1/8 by 11 3/4 in.

Provenance

Bürgstein Collection, Siegburg
Galerie Klein, Bonn
Peter Buchholz, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1986

Exhibited

New York, Nolan/Eckman Gallery, Beuys, Palermo, Polke, Richter: Works on Paper, March - April 2001

Literature

Exh. Cat., Bonn, Kunstmuseum, Blinky Palermo: Bilder und Objekte. Wekverzeichnis in Zwei Bänden, November 1994 - January 1995, Vol. II, no. 406, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the paper tone tends more towards soft cream in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the backing mount in several places, undulates and has been cut irregularly. There is a thin, repaired tear to the left edge, 5 cm from the upper edge and not affecting the main image.
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