Lot 496
  • 496

ROBERT LONGO | Man with Handkerchief

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
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Description

  • Robert Longo
  • Man with Handkerchief
  • signed and dated 1978 on the reverse
  • graphite and charcoal on paper
  • 30 by 40 in. 76.2 by 101.6 cm.

Provenance

Annina Nosei-Weber Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Exh. Cat., Los Angeles County Museum of Art (and traveling), Robert Longo, 1989, p. 174, illustrated 
Exh. Cat., Nice, Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Robert Longo, 2009, p. 20, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of wear and handling around the edges, with associated time staining and discoloration along the perimeter, most noticeable when unframed. There are very faint scattered smudge marks in the background. The sheet has slightly yellowed with age. Framed under glass.
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Catalogue Note

"New York at the time was full of raw energy. The city seemed to be run by young artists. And while the city itself wasn't young, it felt as if anything could happen...Robert somehow succeeded in capturing the excitement and raw power—as well as the sense of risk and danger—in New York at that moment." Eric Barsness, former model for Robert Longo's Men in Cities series, in conversation with Sotheby's, 25 March 2015