Vija Celmins
Untitled , 1961 (Executed)
Lot #19 |
2020-12-11 |
Sotheby's, New York
Contemporary Art
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
USD 30,000 - 40,000 (currency of sale)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: N10475
Auction name: Contemporary Art
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: New York
Start date: 2020-12-11
End date: 2020-12-18
Currency: USD
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 48 by 48 in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
121.9
Width In Centimeters:
121.9
Height In Inches:
48
Width In Inches:
48
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Year notes: Executed in 1961.
Provenance
Private Collection, California Private Collection, New Mexico (acquired from the above in 2017) Catalogue note "There aren't really rules for painting, but there’s certain facts and fictions about painting. Part of what I do is document another surface and sort of translate it. They’re like translations, and then part of it is fiction, which is invention." Vija Celmins
Catalog summary
Vija Celmins b. 1938 Untitled signed; signed on the reverse oil on canvas 48 by 48 in. (121.9 by 121.9 cm.) Executed circa 1961-63. Provenance Private Collection, California Private Collection, New Mexico (acquired from the above in 2017) Catalogue note "There aren't really rules for painting, but there’s certain facts and fictions about painting. Part of what I do is document another surface and sort of translate it. They’re like translations, and then part of it is fiction, which is invention." Vija Celmins