Lot 6
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STURTEVANT | Raysse peinture à haute tension

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 EUR
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Description

  • Sturtevant
  • Raysse peinture à haute tension
  • signed, dated 1970 and titled on the reverse
  • 162 x 96,5 x 14,5 cm ; 63  3/4  x 38 x 5  3/4  in.
mixed media and neon on canvasConceived in 1969, this work is from the second edition of 8 executed in 1970.

Provenance

Alexander Iolas, Paris
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Claude Givaudan, Sturtevant. Huit Tableaux et un Prototype, 1969 (other example)
Paris, Galerie Claude Givaudan, Sturtevant. Huit Tableaux et un Prototype, 1970
Meymac, Abbaye Saint André-Centre d'Art Contemporain, Aspects de l'art du XXe siècle, 1991 ; catalogue, p. 127, illustrated (other example) 
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Double messages, 2010 (other example)
Stockholm, Moderna Museet, Pop Art Design, 29 June 2013 - 22 September 2013 (other example) 

Literature

Christian Duparc, Faites-le vous-même, Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris, 17 March 1969 (other example)
Lena Maculan, Sturtevant Catalogue raisonné 1964-2004, Painting sculpture film and video, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, no. 377 & 378, p. 149

Condition

The colours in the printed catalogue are fairly accurate although they are not as bright as in the original work. The neon has been changed in 2005 and is in good working condition. There are light wear marks visible in the outer corners of the work, most notably in the lower edges. Faint water stains are visible under close inspection along the edges of the figure's face. Along the upper edge, the nails on the rim of the stretcher have caused faint dents in the canvas visible under close raking light inspection only.This work is in good condition.
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