Tender Leaf Salad

Details

Helene Appel (B. 1976)
Tender Leaf Salad
signed and dated 'H. Appel 2007' (on the reverse)
oil on linen
86 5/8 x 71 7/8in. (220 x 182.5cm.)
Painted in 2007

Provenance

The Approach, London.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.

Exhibited

London, The Approach, Assistant: Helene Appel, 2008.

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This Lot is Withdrawn.

Lot Essay

A hyper-realist rendering of an ephemeral subject, German artist Helene Appel’s Tender Leaf Salad brings abstract painting into direct correspondence with the domestic realm. With its complex visual language and formal arrangement the illusionistic lettuce leaves in Tender Leaf Salad appear to spell out words; the careful composition explores the tension between representation and communication, investigating the relationship between artist and viewer.

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