MANOLO VALDÉS | La Reina Mariana

Galerie Maeght, Barcelona
Collection Dobe, Switzerland
Private Collection, France (acquired from the above in 1993)
Private Collection (gift of the above)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2013

Barcelona, Galerie Maeght, Manolo Valdés: Pinturas i escultures, 1985, cat. no. 16, p. 16, illustrated in color

This work is in very good condition overall. The impasto peaks appear to be secure and intact. Upon close inspection and under raking light, there is evidence of minor buckling near the right edge region in the lower right quadrant. Under Ultraviolet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Framed.
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"My starting point might be something from Velázquez, for example. Then, from that painting, I pick a fragment. Generally, it’s a head. Between when that head was created in the 17th century and now, so many things have happened in art history: material paintings, abstraction, Pop art…What did Pop art teach us? It taught us large scale. So when I look at and reread that image from the 17th century, I can’t stop thinking and block out everything that’s happened in art history between then and now. Everything that’s happened becomes a tool with which to reinterpret the original image." Manolo Valdés