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Provenance

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Acquired from the above by the present owner Condition This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse at the top edge and window-matted. There are a few artist pinholes to each of the four corners of the sheet and a minor loss to the sheet at the lower left corner, none of which is viewable when matted. Framed under Plexiglas. 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. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE. Catalogue Note "The sense of the sublime that attends the experience of much of Longo’s work issues from the confrontation with this reality, specifically the work’s demonstration of a control that is exerted over the unruliness, the dirtiness, the fundamental excessiveness of charcoal, a material that must be recognized as insistent upon its own dissolution, its own tendency toward decoherence, disintegration, atomization." Jonathan T. D. Neil, Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Roberto Longo: God Machine , 2011, pp. 19-20

Catalog summary

Robert Longo Tiger Head 5B signed, titled and dated 10 ink and charcoal on vellum Image: 19 1/2 by 13 3/4 in. 49.5 by 39.9 cm. Sheet: 24 by 19 in. 61 by 48.3 cm. Provenance Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Acquired from the above by the present owner Condition This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is hinged on the reverse at the top edge and window-matted. There are a few artist pinholes to each of the four corners of the sheet and a minor loss to the sheet at the lower left corner, none of which is viewable when matted. Framed under Plexiglas. 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. NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE. Catalogue Note "The sense of the sublime that attends the experience of much of Longo’s work issues from the confrontation with this reality, specifically the work’s demonstration of a control that is exerted over the unruliness, the dirtiness, the fundamental excessiveness of charcoal, a material that must be recognized as insistent upon its own dissolution, its own tendency toward decoherence, disintegration, atomization." Jonathan T. D. Neil, Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie Thaddeaus Ropac, Roberto Longo: God Machine , 2011, pp. 19-20