Lot 45
  • 45

EDDIE MARTINEZ | Empirical Mind State

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 GBP
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Description

  • Eddie Martinez
  • Empirical Mind State
  • signed and dated 09; signed with the artist's initials and titled on the reverse; signed on the stretcher
  • oil and spray paint on canvas 
  • 182.8 by 274.3 cm. 72 by 108 in.

Provenance

ZieherSmith, New York
Private Collection
The Hole Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, ZeiherSmith, Eddie Martinez, January - February 2010 

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the illustration fails to fully convey the highly textured, glossy and matte passages, and the metallic nature of the dark blue paint towards the centre left of the composition. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection reveals a layer of surface dust, most notably accumulated at the impastoed passages of pigment. Further close inspection reveals a few hairline drying cracks to the white impasto outline of the speech bubble. No restoration is apparent when examined under ultra violet light.
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