Vente: 503 / Post War / Contemporary Art II 17 juillet 2020 à Munich Lot 1

 

1
Tal R
T, 2001.
Oil on canvas
Estimation:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,720
Résultat:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200

( frais d'adjudication compris)
T. 2001.
Oil on canvas.
Verso of the canvas signed, dated and titled. 73 x 92 cm (28.7 x 36.2 in). [CH].

Thickly painted in strong colors
T may stand for "Techelet" Hebrew for "blue" or rather “sky blue“, why also describes the infinity of the sky and the ocean (azure)
This is a key work in the development of the "blue stripes", of which Tal R created the main works in full wall format between 2000 and 2002
• In 2017/2018 the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam honored the artist with the grand retrospective exhibition "Academy of Tal R"
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PROVENANCE: Private collection Switzerland.

"Most of my works speculate in countless variants about what happens above and beneath the surface"
Tal R. in a conversation with Anders Kold, Aarhus, 2000




1
Tal R
T, 2001.
Oil on canvas
Estimation:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,720
Résultat:
€ 15,000 / $ 16,200

( frais d'adjudication compris)