Lot Essay
“I do feel that it's actually more logical to approach complexity through a simple subject. How many masterful pieces are made of the simplest of subjects?” – Nicolas Party
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Still Life with an Empty Bottle
Details
NICOLAS PARTY (B.1980)
Still Life with an Empty Bottle
signed and dated ‘Nicolas Party 2013’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
90 x 130 cm. (35 3/8 x 51 1/8 in.)
Painted in 2013
Still Life with an Empty Bottle
signed and dated ‘Nicolas Party 2013’ (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
90 x 130 cm. (35 3/8 x 51 1/8 in.)
Painted in 2013
Provenance
The Modern Institute, Glasgow
Private Collection, Europe (Acquired directly from the above by the present owner)
Private Collection, Europe (Acquired directly from the above by the present owner)
Special Notice
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