Lot 94 
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94
Shusaku Arakawa
A cracking point, 1969.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 28,250 Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 59,324 (incl. surcharge)
A cracking point. 1969.
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled in bottom right and on the reverse. 124.5 x 183 cm (49 x 72 in).
[AR].
• Schematic, strongly reduced work from the 1960s.
• Characteristic work from his creative period before he became active as architect
• Through Arakawa's demand to transform forms to colors observation becomes an interactive endeavor
• In 2019 the renowned Gagosian Gallery in New York showed a solo show with similar works from 1965 to 1984
• His works are in possession of acclaimed international collections like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, or the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf (with the label on the reverse)
Galerie Nothelfer, Berlin
Erker-Galerie, St. Gallen
Acquired from the present owner in 1988.
EXHIBITION: Kunstverein Hanover (with the label on the reverse).
Oil on canvas.
Signed, dated and titled in bottom right and on the reverse. 124.5 x 183 cm (49 x 72 in).
[AR].
• Schematic, strongly reduced work from the 1960s.
• Characteristic work from his creative period before he became active as architect
• Through Arakawa's demand to transform forms to colors observation becomes an interactive endeavor
• In 2019 the renowned Gagosian Gallery in New York showed a solo show with similar works from 1965 to 1984
• His works are in possession of acclaimed international collections like the Museum of Modern Art, New York, or the Centre Pompidou, Paris.
PROVENANCE: Galerie Alfred Schmela, Düsseldorf (with the label on the reverse)
Galerie Nothelfer, Berlin
Erker-Galerie, St. Gallen
Acquired from the present owner in 1988.
EXHIBITION: Kunstverein Hanover (with the label on the reverse).
94
Shusaku Arakawa
A cracking point, 1969.
Oil on canvas
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 28,250 Sold:
€ 52,500 / $ 59,324 (incl. surcharge)
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