ID 845929
Lot 303 | JULIO GALÁN (1958-2006)
Estimate value
$ 60 000 – 80 000
El Hermano (The Eggplant Boy and the Santa Claus Girl)
signed, titled and dated 'Julio Galán "EL HERMANO" '85" (left panel lower right); signed again and inscribed variously 'JULIO GALÁN' (on the reverse)
diptych—oil and antique ornaments on canvas
69 x 96 in. (175.3 x 243.8 cm.)
Executed in 1985.
Provenance
Thomas Ammann Fine Art AG, Zürich, acquired directly from the artist
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
London, Hayward Gallery and Kunsthalle Wien, Doubletake: Collective Memory & Current Art/Kollektives Gedächtnis & heutige Kunst, February 1992-February 1993, p. 158 (illustrated).
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey; Mexico City, Museo de Arte Moderno and Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, Julio Galán: Exposición Retrospectiva/Retrospective Exhibition, September 1993-July 1994, p. 167 (illustrated).
| Artist: | Julio Galán (1958 - 2006) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Julio Galán (1958 - 2006) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Mexico |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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