ID 829031
Lot 29 | LUC TUYMANS (B. 1958)
Estimate value
£ 700 000 – 1 000 000
De Wandeling (The Walk)
signed and dated 'Luc Tuymans '91' (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
14 5/8 x 19in. (37 x 48.2cm.)
Painted in 1991
Provenance
Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp.
Private Collection, Belgium.
Thence by descent to the present owner.
Literature
U. Loock, J. V. Aliaga and N. Spector, Luc Tuymans, London 2000 (illustrated in colour, p. 118; dated '1993').
H. Köhler, 'Ästhetik der Traumata – Inversion des Allegorischen', in Künstler: Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, Munich 2001, no. 9.
J. Friedrich and U. Knöfel, 'Künstler sind Verbrecher', in Der Spiegel, 16 February 2003 (illustrated in colour; dated '1993').
R. Jukubowicz, 'Rükleitung des Leerzuges: On Luc Tuymans’ Paintings', in Kunst Nu, April/May 2003, no. 57.
J. C. Vergne and L. Tuymans (eds.), Tuymans Curtains, Reconstruction, exh. cat., Clermont-Ferrand, FRAC Auvergne, 2003 (illustrated in colour, unpaged; dated '1993').
J. V. Hove, 'Schilder voor fijnproevers: Tate Modern wijdt grote tentoonstelling aan Luc Tuymans', in De Standaard, 24 June 2004.
H. Hamm-Brücher, 'Die totale Niederlage war nötig', in Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 25 July 2004.
K. Schweighöfer, 'Maler gegen den Strom', in Art – Das Kunstmagazin, July 2004, no. 30.
R. Venturi, 'En regardant l’oeuvre de Luc Tuymans: Six brèves réflexions', in Ligeia: Dossiers sur l’art, January-June 2006, pp. 115-116.
D. B. White, 'The Man with the Dark Glasses', in Turps Banana, 2007, no. 3 (illustrated, p. 39).
N. Sugawara, Luc Tuymans: Beyond Schwarzheide, Tokyo 2007 (illustrated, p. 38; dated '1993').
T. Godfrey, Painting Today, London 2009, p. 319, no. 362 (illustrated in colour, p. 323; dated '1993').
S. Morley, 'Staring into the Contemporary Abyss', in Tate Etc., issue 20, Autumn 2010 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Luc Tuymans, exh. cat., Columbus, Wexner Center for the Arts, 2010, p. 44 (illustrated in colour, p. 43; fig. 20; dated '1993').
V. Terraroli, T. Stroud and E. Di Lallo, Art of the Twentieth Century, Milan 2010, p. 210 (illustrated in colour, p. 211).
J. Zwagerman, ‘Zwagerman kijkt; Komt een man bij een berg: Luc Tuymans en de banaliteit van het kwaad’, in De Volkskrant, 16 March 2011 (dated '1993').
V. P. Dittmar, 'Ich bin ein schlechter abstrakter Maler', in Welt.de, 5 May 2011.
P. Keune, 'Kleurrijk in grijs', in kM: S.M.A.K., 2011, p. 22, no. 77 (illustrated, p. 21).
J. Zwagerman, Kennis is Geluk – Nieuwe omzwervingen in de kunst, Utrecht 2012, pp. 113-114.
T. Simoens and D. Wingate (eds.), Luc Tuymans: Exhibitions at David Zwirner, Brussels 2013, pp. 30 and 50 (illustrated in colour, p. 31; dated '1993').
A. Reinders, 'De hele wereld een canvas', in Kunstbeeld, March 2014, no. 39.
T. Kamps and R. Storr, Portraits: Luc Tuymans, Houston 2013, p. 15.
F. Demaegd (ed.), Luc Tuymans: Zeno X Gallery. 25 Years of Collaboration, exh. cat., Antwerp, Zeno X Gallery, 2016 (illustrated in colour, unpaged).
E. Meyer-Hermann (ed.), Luc Tuymans – Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings Volume 1: 1972-1994, New York 2017, p. 254, no. LTP 111 (illustrated in colour, p. 255).
J. Delagrange, 'New European Painting', in Contemporary Art Issue, 7 December 2020 (illustrated in colour).
Exhibited
London, Hayward Gallery, The Painting of Modern Life, 2007, pp. 113 and 194 (illustrated in colour, p. 112). This exhibition later travelled to Turin, Castello di Rivoli - Museo d’Arte Contemporanea.
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Artist: | Luc Tuymans (1958) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Artist: | Luc Tuymans (1958) |
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Applied technique: | Oil on canvas |
Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Belgium, Western Europe, Europe |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
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