Lot 284
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ELLA KRUGLYANSKAYA | Heist

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Ella Kruglyanskaya
  • Heist
  • signed and dated 2013 on the reverse
  • oil and oilstick on linen
  • 198 by 152 cm. 78 by 59 3/4 in.

Provenance

Kendall Kope Gallery, Glasgow
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Poitiers, Le Confort Moderne, Tainted Love, December 2017 - March 2018

Literature

Alison Gingeras and Matthew Higgs, Ella Kruglyanskaya, London 2014, p. 176, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the orange tones on the right figure's dress are deeper and richer in the original and tend more towards ochre. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals some evidence of light rubbing to all four corners. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra violet light.
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Catalogue Note

“How do I change the conversation about the representation of women? The only thing I can do is have a certain attitude in the work that I try to project back.” Ella Kruglyanskaya cited in: Tate Liverpool, Tate Liverpool presents the first museum exhibition by New York based painter Ella Kruglyanskaya, Rava Films, 2016, 02:43 mins.