LOT DETAILS

Materials:

acrylic, fluorescent acrylic, and Rolla-A-Tex on two attached canvases

Measurements:

95.47 in. (242.50 cm.) (height) by 85.83 in. (218.00 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed 'Peter Halley' twice and dated '1992' (on reverse)

Exhibited:

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Peter Halley, 1992. Paris, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Peter Halley, 1992. Des Moines, Des Moines Art Center, Peter Halley- Paintings 1989-1992, 1992-1993 (illustrated in colour, pl. 11). Essen, Museum Folkwang, Peter Halley- Bilder der 90er Jahre, 1998-1999 (detail illustrated in colour on the front cover; illustrated in colour, p. 37). London, Tate Modern (on long term loan since 2000).

Literature:

R. Fleck, ‘Peter Halley, Broad Conduit Boogie-Woogie’, in Flash Art, No. 165, summer 1992 (illustrated in colour, p. 109; installation view illustrated in colour, p. 109). T. Godfrey, M. Mottahedan and K.Schubert (eds.), Once upon a Time in America: The Mottahedan Collection, London 1999, p. 118 (illustrated in colour, p. 230. C. Reynolds (ed.), Peter Halley: Maintain Speed, New York 2000 (illustrated in colour, p. 204; installation view illustrated in colour, p. 15). P. Kalb, Art Since 1980, Charting the Contemporary, London 2013, no. 5.10 (illustrated in colour, p. 127).

Provenance:

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris. Acquired from the above by the present owner.