Lot 143
  • 143

Raymond Pettibon

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Raymond Pettibon
  • Untitled (A Certain Instinct...)
  • signed and dated 9.02 on the reverse
  • ink and watercolour on paper
  • 61 by 45.7 cm. 24 by 18 in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Europe (acquired from the artist)
Sotheby's, London, 20 October 2008, Lot 296
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is attached verso to the mount in several places. The sheet undulates slightly. Close inspection reveals some signs of very light wear to the lower edge.
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Catalogue Note

“It can also be the way something like surfing describes a society, and the people in it. I’ve done a lot of large drawings and prints of that imagery. It has that epic nature, that sublime nature, that almost asks you to reproduce it full sized on the wall.”

RAYMOND PETTIBON

in conversation with Dennis Cooper, in: Robert Storr, Raymond Pettibon, London 2001, p. 25