ID 828556
Lot 248 | GUILLERMO KUITCA (b. 1961)
Estimate value
£ 40 000 – 60 000
The Lost Language of Cranes
signed, titled and dated 'THE LOST LANGUAGE OF CRANES Kuitca 1988' (on the reverse)
acrylic on canvas
78 3/4 x 63 1/4in. (200 x 160.5cm.)
Painted in 1988
Provenance
Galeria Thomas Cohn, Rio de Janeiro.
Private Collection, Belgium (acquired from the above in 1989).
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
S. Becce, Guillermo David Kuitca: Obras, 1982-1988, Buenos Aires 1989 (illustrated in colour, p. 110).
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Guillermo Kuitca, 1990, no. 4 (illustrated p. 10; illustrated in colour, p. 20). This exhibition later travelled to Mülheim in der Alten, Städtisches Museum.
Special Notice
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| Artist: | Guillermo Kuitca (1961) |
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| Applied technique: | Acrylic, Painted |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Argentina, South America |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Guillermo Kuitca (1961) |
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| Applied technique: | Acrylic, Painted |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Argentina, South America |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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