Quartet B (Okemos Drawings)

Details

Julie Mehretu (b. 1970)
Quartet B (Okemos Drawings)
each: signed, titled, consecutively numbered and dated 'Julie Mehretu 2008 Quartet B (Okemos Drawings) 1-4 of 4' (on the reverse)
graphite, watercolour and ink on paper, in four parts
each: 22 x 22 1/8in. (56 x 56.5cm.)
Executed in 2008

Provenance

carlier gebauer, Berlin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.

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Please note that the estimate in the printed catalogue is incorrect. The correct estimate is £80,000 - 120,000.

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Lot Essay

‘Places like Lagos or Times Square on a Saturday night are completely intriguing to me in their supreme dazzling capacity. I want my paintings to convey and reflect this type of speed, dynamism, struggle, and potential.’
– Julie Mehretu

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