Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art
Vija Celmins
Untitled
Lot Closed
December 18, 05:19 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Vija Celmins
b. 1938
Untitled
signed; signed on the reverse
oil on canvas
48 by 48 in. (121.9 by 121.9 cm.)
Executed circa 1961-63.
Private Collection, California
Private Collection, New Mexico (acquired from the above in 2017)
Private Collection, New Mexico (acquired from the above in 2017)
"There aren't really rules for painting, but there’s certain facts and fictions about painting. Part of what I do is document another surface and sort of translate it. They’re like translations, and then part of it is fiction, which is invention."
Vija Celmins