LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil and wax on canvas

Size Notes:

78 x 138 1/2 in. (198.1 x 351.8 cm)

Edition:

Executed in 1987.

Description:

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Condition:

The work is in very good condition. There are a few flattened impasto peaks, visible only upon very close inspection. There is an indentation to the upper center horizontal edge, which is likely original. When examined under ultraviolet light, there is no indication of restoration. The work is framed in a wood frame with a silver gilded edge.

Exhibited:

New York, The Pace Gallery, Malcolm Morley, December 2, 1988–January 7, 1989, no. 11, n.p. (illustrated)
London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Malcolm Morley, September 11–October 12, 1990, pp. 9-10 (illustrated, p. 9)
Paris, Musée national d'art Moderne Centre de création industrielle, Centre Georges Pompidou; Toulouse-Labège, Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain Midi-Pyrénées, Malcolm Morley, June 2–December 31, 1993, pp. 129, 309 (illustrated, p. 129)
London, Hayward Gallery, Malcolm Morley in Full Colour, June 15–August 27, 2001, no. 35, pp. 90–91, 145 (illustrated, pp. 90-91)
Paris, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Picasso Mania: Picasso et l'Art Contemporain, October 7, 2015–February 29, 2016. p. 276–277 (illustrated)

Literature:

Malcolm Morley 1965–1995, Fundación la Caixa, Madrid, exh. cat., 1995, p. 41 (illustrated)
Jean-Claude Lebensztejn, Malcolm Morley: Itineraries, London, 2001, pl. 135, pp. 194–151, 252 (illustrated, p. 150)

Provenance:

The Pace Gallery, New York <br />Private Collection <br />Sotheby’s, New York, November 13, 2012, lot 71 <br />Acquired at the above sale by the present owner