ID 828548
Lot 291 | MEHMET GÜLERYÜZ (B. 1938)
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 80 000
Diagnosis
signed and dated 'Mehmet Güleryüz 05' (upper left)
acrylic, graphite and pastel on paper laid on canvas
102 3/8 x 86 1/4in. (260 x 219cm.)
Executed in 2005
Provenance
Donated by the artist, courtesy of The Empire Project, Istanbul.
Exhibited
Istanbul, Tevfik İhtiyar Arts Gallery, Mehmet Güleryüz, 2005 (illustrated in colour on the front cover).
Istanbul, İş Sanat Culture Center, Kibele Arts Gallery, 50th Year Retrospective, 2009.
Istanbul, Istanbul Modern, Painter and Painting: Mehmet Güleryüz Retrospective, 2015 (illustrated in colour, p. 173).
Bursa, Nazım Hikmet Culture Center, State of the Line, 2021.
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Post lot text
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| Artist: | Mehmet Güleryüz (1938) |
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| Applied technique: | Acrylic, Painted |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Turkey |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Artist: | Mehmet Güleryüz (1938) |
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| Applied technique: | Acrylic, Painted |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Paper, Plastic |
| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Place of origin: | Asia, Turkey |
| Auction house category: | Paintings |
| Address of auction |
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