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FRANCIS ALŸS (b. 1959)

Lot 9
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Lot 9 | FRANCIS ALŸS (b. 1959)
Estimate value
$ 250 000 – 350 000
FRANCIS ALŸS (b. 1959)
Untitled [Five works]
(i)
enamel on sheet metal
signed and dated 'FRANCIS ALŸS JUAN GARCIA 1996' (on the reverse)
36 ¼ x 47 ½ in. (92 x 119.4 cm.)

(ii)
enamel on sheet metal, in two parts
signed and dated 'F. ALŸS ENRIQUE HUERTA 1996' (on the reverse of the left panel)
each: 35 ¾ x 25 ½ in. (91 x 64.8 cm.)

(iii)
oil on canvas mounted on panel
signed and dated 'Francis Alÿs 1996' (on the reverse)
7 ¾ x 11 ¾ in. (19.5 x 30 cm.)

(iv)
oil on canvas mounted on panel
signed and dated 'Francis Alÿs 1996' (on the reverse)
7 x 8 ¼ in. (17.8 x 21 cm.)

(v)
oil on canvas mounted on panel, in two parts
signed and dated 'Francis Alÿs 1996' (on the reverse of the right panel)
each: 4 ¾ x 7 ¼ in. (12 x 18.4 cm.)
Painted in 1995-1996.




Provenance

Galeria OMR, Mexico
Galeria Ramis Barquet, New York
Kenneth L. Freed, Boston
Their sale, Christie's, New York, 12 November 2003, lot 508
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner



Literature

F. Alÿs, M. Kästli and I. Friedli, Catalogue of the Sign Painting Project, 1993-1997, Göttingen and Basel, 2011, pp. 128-128, nos. L34.3.1–5 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Galeria Ramis Barquet, Fantasies of Fate: The New Latin American Magic Realism, November-January 1997, n.p. (illustrated).
Artist:Francis Alÿs (1959)
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Mexico
Auction house category:Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings
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