ID 770740
Lot 60 | MADSAKI (B. 1974)
Estimate value
HKD 1 000 000 – 2 000 000
Birth of Venus II
signed and dated ‘madsaki 2018’ (on the reverse)
acrylic paint, aerosol on canvas
172.5 x 278.5 cm. (67 7⁄8 x 109 5⁄8 in.)
Executed in 2018
Provenance
Galerie Perrotin, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Murnau, Pulpo Gallery, Renaissance Painting 2.0, July – August 2021
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