Ion-Concept

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Kenny Scharf (B. 1958)
Ion-Concept
signed, titled and dated 'Ion-Concept 83 Kenny Scharf' (on the reverse)
oil and spray enamel on canvas
48 x 60in. (122 x 152.5cm.)
Executed in 1983

Provenance

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.
Salvatore Ala Gallery, Milan.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner and thence by descent.

Special Notice

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Lot Essay

‘There’s nothing abstract in my canvases, at most strangely shaped objects. The forms and outlines are softer, more open and organic, but they are still physical objects that come from the unconscious. But then, all the forms that are dictated from the unconscious.’ (K. Scharf, quoted in F. Alinovi, ‘Twenty-First Century Slang’, in Flash Art International, November 1983, p. 30).

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