Lot 214
  • 214

Fernando Canovas (B. 1960)

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Fernando Canovas
  • Los Campeones
  • signed and dated 97 lower right; also signed on the reverse
  • acrylic on canvas with metal elements and wooden vessels
  • 78 3/4 by 98 1/2 by 12 in.
  • 200 by 250 by 31 cm
  • Executed in 1997.

Provenance

Annina Nosei Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above circa 2000
Sale: Sotheby's, Latin American Art, May 24, 2005, lot 51, illustrated in color
Private Collection, Miami

Exhibited

Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Fernando Canovas, December 3, 1997-January 10, 1998, p. 150, illustrated in color 

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The canvas is well-stretched and the media layer appears stable. All of the metal elements are securely attached, and the wooden vase elements are all accounted for. Slight losses to the patina are present along the extreme upper edge of the metal shelf element. Minor wear is present along the extreme lower edge of the canvas.
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