Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Session I

Collection Pierre Le-Tan, Session I

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Tom Phillips

The Skin Game

Auction Closed

March 16, 05:55 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Lot Details

Description

Tom Phillips

b.1937

The Skin Game


signed TOM PHILLIPS and dated LXXIV (lower right); signed tom phillips and dated LXXIV (on the reverse on the overlap of the canvas)

oil and pencil on canvas

Painted in 1974.

101 x 76 cm; 39¾ x 29⅞ in.

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Tom Phillips

n.1937

The Skin Game


signé TOM PHILLIPS et daté LXXIV (en bas à droite); signé tom phillips et daté LXXIV (sur le revers de la toile au dos)

huile et crayon sur toile

Peint en 1974.

101 x 76 cm; 39¾ x 29⅞ in.

Marlborough Fine Art, London

Sale: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, October 5, 2016, lot 157

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Marlborough Fine Art, Londres

Vente: Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 5 octobre 2016, lot 157

Phillips' first solo exhibition took place in 1965 and was followed by numerous exhibitions leading up to the one at Mass MoCa in 2013. Elected to the Royal Academy in London in 1989, he is a painter and engraver. He also tried his hand at illustration and made numerous collages. His main work is entitled A Humument which describes as "a radical 'treatment' of a forgotten Victorian novel." Phillips exhibited at the Marlborough Gallery in 1981.

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La première exposition solo de Phillips eut lieu en 1965 et fut suivie par de nombreuses expositions jusqu’au Mass MoCa en 2013. Elu à la Royal Academy de Londres en 1989, il est peintre et graveur. Il s’essaya aussi à l’illustration. Il fit également de nombreux collages, son œuvre principale est intitulée a Humument décrite par lui même comme "a radical 'treatment' of a forgotten Victorian novel". Phillips exposa à la Marlborough Gallery en 1981.