Lot 405
  • 405

EDDIE MARTINEZ | Happy Painting

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Eddie Martinez
  • Happy Painting
  • signed with the artist's initials and dated 14 
  • acrylic, oil and spray paint on canvas
  • 72 by 60 in. 182.9 by 152.4 cm.

Provenance

Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Kohn Gallery, Eddie Martinez: Nomader, September - October 2014

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The impasto peaks appear stable and intact. There is evidence of fraying in the lower two corners, inherent to the work. Upon close inspection, there is evidence of hairline cracking scattered along the extreme turning right edge. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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Catalogue Note

"Particularly the large paintings kind of solidify what I've been trying to do for a long time, which is to make a large painting feel like a drawing, like sitting on the couch with a Sharpie, just making a little line drawing. Because at that scale, it's like the arm movements translate pretty seamlessly into a hand movement. I'm kind of dancing around this thing, doing it as quick as possible, and just letting the marks fall where they fall. And I think it really worked." Eddie Martinez