Vente: 451 / Post War I 10 juin 2017 à Munich Lot 886

 

886
Richard Artschwager
Grotto of Altamirada, 1993.
Mixed media
Estimation:
€ 100,000 / $ 108,000
Résultat:
€ 125,000 / $ 135,000

( frais d'adjudication compris)
Grotto of Altamirada. 1993.
Mixed media. Acrylic, formica and Celotex on wood.
261 x 205 cm (102.7 x 80.7 in), including artist frame.

Artschwager's paintings of photorealistic interiors in grisaille technique are the artist's internationally most sought-after graphic works.
"Sculptures are made to touch, paintings are made for the eye. I wanted to create sculptures for the eye and a painting to be touched." (R. Artschwager quote after: Künstler. Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, edition 5, p. 2)
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PROVENANCE: Mary Boone Gallery, New York (with label on frame covering)
Private collection USA (acquired from aforementioned in 1993 - in possession until 2002).
Sotheby´s, New York, 16 May 2002, lot 172.
Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.

EXHIBITION: Richard Artschwager, Mary Boone Gallery, New York 29 October - 17 December 1994 (no cat.).




886
Richard Artschwager
Grotto of Altamirada, 1993.
Mixed media
Estimation:
€ 100,000 / $ 108,000
Résultat:
€ 125,000 / $ 135,000

( frais d'adjudication compris)