Lot 160
  • 160

Adrian Ghenie

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Adrian Ghenie
  • The Hiding Place
  • oil on canvas
  • 138.2 by 93 cm. 54 3/8 by 36 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 2007.

Provenance

Haunch of Venison, London

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly bluer in the original. Condition This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals a minute speck of loss to the extreme top left corner. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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Catalogue Note

One thing is certain: the paintings of Adrian Ghenie do not allude to a world beyond (a window into another reality) but are about the world within, about the monad and the personal emotions of an inflected consciousness” (Adrian Ghenie in conversation with Magda Radu, in: Exh. Cat., Venice, Romanian Pavilion, Biennale de Venezia, Adrian Ghenie: Darwin’s Room, 2015, pp. 82-83).