Lot 148
  • 148

DADO | Giro

Estimate
20,000 - 25,000 EUR
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Description

  • Dado
  • Giro
  • Oil on canvas
  • 149 x 191 cm; 58  11/16   x 75  3/16  in.
China ink and watercolour on paper laid down on canvasExecuted in 1967.

Provenance

Acquired from the artist by the present owners

Literature

Pierre Nahon, L'Histoire de la Galerie Beaubourg III, Paris, 2009, p. 70, illustrated

Condition

This work was inspected framed. There are a few scratches and scuffs to the plexi. There are three paper losses in the lower left quadrant towards the bottom edge. There is a L shaped tear in the lower left quadrant.
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Catalogue Note

PLACE TEXT ON PREVIOUS DOUBLE SPREAD A wild, supra-natural and magic art. In the tradition of fantastic art, Dado's works are incredibly violent.

Pierre Nahon