MARLENE DUMAS | Magdalena (for Kiel)

Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner

London, Tate Modern, Marlene Dumas, April - June 1996, p. 4 (text)
Tienen, Stedelijk Museum 'het Toreke', Pin Up, September - November 1996
Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle; Deurle, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens; and London, Hauser & Wirth, In Search of The Perfect Lover, March 2003 - April 2004, p. 60, illustrated in colour (Hatje Cantz); and p. 2, illustrated in colour (Hauser & Wirth) 
New York, Zwirner & Wirth, Marlene Dumas: Selected Works, February - April 2005

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is warmer and less grey undertones in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is hinged verso to the backing board in numerous places and undulates slightly. All four edges are deckled and there are artist's pin holes in places along the two horizontal edges.
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