Lot Essay
“Every character is a little bit of a selfportrait. So it’s me in each one a little bit.”
-Javier Calleja
-Javier Calleja
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Two Faces (#51); It Wasn’t Me (#40); Bound (#33); Untitled; Who Would I Be, If I Could Be; & It Can Only Be Me (6 Works)
Details
JAVIER CALLEJA (B. 1971)
Two Faces (#51); It Wasn’t Me (#40); Bound (#33); Untitled; Who Would I Be, If I Could Be; & It Can Only Be Me (6 Works)
six watercolour and pencil on paper
5 x 10 cm (2 x 3 7⁄8 in.);
14 x 13.5 cm. (5 1⁄2 x 5 3⁄8 in.);
5 x 20 cm. (2 x 7 7⁄8 in.);
5 x 7 cm. (2 x 2 3⁄4 in.);
7 x 7 cm. (2 3⁄4 x 2 3⁄4 in.);
& 11 x 8.5 cm. (4 3⁄8 x 3 3⁄8 in.)
Painted in 2017
Two Faces (#51); It Wasn’t Me (#40); Bound (#33); Untitled; Who Would I Be, If I Could Be; & It Can Only Be Me (6 Works)
six watercolour and pencil on paper
5 x 10 cm (2 x 3 7⁄8 in.);
14 x 13.5 cm. (5 1⁄2 x 5 3⁄8 in.);
5 x 20 cm. (2 x 7 7⁄8 in.);
5 x 7 cm. (2 x 2 3⁄4 in.);
7 x 7 cm. (2 3⁄4 x 2 3⁄4 in.);
& 11 x 8.5 cm. (4 3⁄8 x 3 3⁄8 in.)
Painted in 2017
Provenance
Galerie Zink, Waldkirchen; Dio Horia Gallery
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Special Notice
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