ID 1381089
Lot 348 | ALVARO BARRINGTON (B. 1983)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
Black Power
signed with the artist's initials and dated 'AB 21' (on the reverse of artist's frame)
oil and acrylic on burlap, in artist's wooden frame, steel oil drum, shelf and metal chains
overall: 75 ¼ x 103 x 26 ½in. (191.1 x 261.6 x 67.3cm.)
Executed in 2021
Provenance
Private Collection, Milan.
Literature
E. Okoro, 'Blackness has been a constant reinvention of ourselves', in The Financial Times, 1 October 2021, online (illustrated in colour).
C. Chamberlain, 'Alvaro Barrington Nicola Vassell Gallery', in Artforum, vol. LX, no. 5, January 2022, pp. 155–156 (illustrated, p.155).
Exhibited
New York, Nicola Vassell, Alvaro Barrington: GARVEY 1: BIRTH – The Quiet Storm, 2021.
| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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