Lot Essay
‘When I’m painting from life the colours seem more alive and apparent, because it’s real – I mean, whatever real is … A human being is never in black and white, even if I’m colourblind.’ HENRY TAYLOR
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Untitled (Symbol)
Details
Henry Taylor (B. 1958)
Untitled (Symbol)
oil on canvas
95 1/8 x 76 1/8in. (241.6 x 193.2cm.)
Painted in 2007
Untitled (Symbol)
oil on canvas
95 1/8 x 76 1/8in. (241.6 x 193.2cm.)
Painted in 2007
Provenance
Rental Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.
Exhibited
New York, Rental Gallery, Repeat after me: I AM a Revolutionary, 2007.
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