Lot 230
  • 230

OTTO PIENE | Quickfire

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • PIENE Otto
  • Quickfire
  • signed and dated 79 on the stretcher; signed, titled and dated 79 on the reverse
  • oil, fire and soot on canvas
  • 30 by 24.2 cm. 11 3/4 by 9 1/2 in.

Provenance

Galerie Heimeshoff, Essen
Private Collection, Essen (acquired from the above in 1979)
Galerie Heimeshoff, Essen
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality tends more towards red in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection reveals some faint rub marks to all four extreme corner tips. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra-violet light.
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