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Provenance

Metro Pictures, New York Private Collection Sale: Compagnie Marocaine des Oeuvres et Objets d'Art (C.M.O.O.A.), Art Contemporain International , 24 March 2012, Lot 32 Acquired directly from the above by the present owner Condition Colours: <br>Please refer to the online catalogue for the correct illustration. There is no artist's frame in the printed catalogue illustration and the overall tonality of the sheet is warmer in the original. <br><br>Condition:<br>This work is in very good condition. The sheet is mounted to aluminium. There is wear with associates losses to all four corner tips of the frame, and minor wear to isolated places along the edges of the frame. "In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE." Catalogue Note "A Longo drawing has the impact of a drive-in movie image glimpsed from the highway, and it exerts this graphic force with unabashed ease. The success of Pop Art granted everyone permission to bring high and low art into direct contact. Mixing irony with their enthusiasm for ready-made images, the Pop artists held as tight to their high culture positions as Marcel Duchamp ever did. So does Longo. His ambitions align him with the most prestigious traditions of the New York School. Considered not as pictures but as objects, these drawings display the signs of "serious" post-war American art" CARTER RATCLIFF Robert Longo , Munich, 1985, p. 13

Catalog summary

Robert Longo Bodyhammer: .9mm charcoal on paper, in artist's frame 238.8 by 121.9cm.; 96 by 48in. Executed in 2008. Provenance Metro Pictures, New York Private Collection Sale: Compagnie Marocaine des Oeuvres et Objets d'Art (C.M.O.O.A.), Art Contemporain International , 24 March 2012, Lot 32 Acquired directly from the above by the present owner Condition Colours: <br>Please refer to the online catalogue for the correct illustration. There is no artist's frame in the printed catalogue illustration and the overall tonality of the sheet is warmer in the original. <br><br>Condition:<br>This work is in very good condition. The sheet is mounted to aluminium. There is wear with associates losses to all four corner tips of the frame, and minor wear to isolated places along the edges of the frame. "In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE." Catalogue Note "A Longo drawing has the impact of a drive-in movie image glimpsed from the highway, and it exerts this graphic force with unabashed ease. The success of Pop Art granted everyone permission to bring high and low art into direct contact. Mixing irony with their enthusiasm for ready-made images, the Pop artists held as tight to their high culture positions as Marcel Duchamp ever did. So does Longo. His ambitions align him with the most prestigious traditions of the New York School. Considered not as pictures but as objects, these drawings display the signs of "serious" post-war American art" CARTER RATCLIFF Robert Longo , Munich, 1985, p. 13