Lot 239
  • 239

Georg Baselitz

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 GBP
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Description

  • Georg Baselitz
  • Das Motiv: 1950
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 14.V.88; titled and dated 14.V.88 13.V.88 on the reverse
  • oil on canvas
  • 162 by 130 cm. 63 5/8 by 51 1/4 in.

Provenance

L.A. Louver Gallery, Los Angeles
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Private Collection, London
Sotheby's, London, 29 June 2010, Lot 228
Private Collection, London
Sotheby's, London, 13 February 2013, Lot 207
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is deeper and richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There is some wear along all four edges and corner tips with some associated rub marks in places. Very close inspection reveals a few very thin networks of drying cracks isolated to the white pigment and towards the centre of the composition. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultraviolet light.
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