ID 1164178
Lot 414 | AVIGDOR ARIKHA (1929-2010)
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
Botte d’asperges (Wrapped Asparagus)
signed and dated 'ARIKHA 74' (lower right); dated '26.IV.74' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
7 ½ x 13in. (19 x 33cm.)
Painted in 1974
Provenance
The Artist.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
S. Beckett, et al., Arikha, Paris 1985, p. 222, no. 35 (illustrated in colour, p. 47, titled 'Asperges').
J. Clair, Le Livre des Amis, Paris 2024, p. 26.
Exhibited
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Avigdor Arikha: Paintings and Watercolors 1973-1975, 1975, p. 6, no. 13.
Paris, Centre national d'art contemporain, Nouvelle subjectivité, 1976, p. 8, no. 5.
Zurich, Marlborough Galerie, Avigdor Arikha: Ölbilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, 1977, p. 5, no. 7.
Washington, D. C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Avigdor Arikha: Twenty-two Paintings 1974-1978, 1979, no. 3 (illustrated, unpaged).
Dijon, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Arikha, 1981, p. 10, no. 2 (illustrated in colour on the front cover).
Tel Aviv, Ayala Zachs Abramov Pavilion for Israel Art, Israel Museum, Avigdor Arikha: Selected Paintings 1953-1997, 1998-1999, no. 7 (illustrated in colour, p. 34). This exhibition later travelled to Edinburgh, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art.
Athens, Benaki Museum, Avigdor Arikha. A Breadth, 2019, no. 13 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
| Artist: | Avigdor Arikha (1929 - 2010) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
| Artist: | Avigdor Arikha (1929 - 2010) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Western Europe, France, Europe |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
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