Imi Knoebel - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Thursday, June 27, 2019 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Akira Ikeda Gallery, Tokyo
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Nagoya, Akira Ikeda Gallery, Imi Knoebel: New Works, 2 November 1999 - 29 February 2000 (illustrated)

  • Literature

    Imi Knoebel Werke 1966 - 2014, exh. cat., Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, 2013, p. 151 (illustrated, p. 153)

  • Catalogue Essay

    'I thought: everything has been done already. Yves Klein has painted his canvas blue, Lucio Fontana has cut slashes into his. What's left? If you want to do something, to stay alive, you have to think of something at least as radical.' - Imi Knoebel

154

Tiger Woods

signed with the artist's initials and dated 'IM 99' on the reverse
acrylic on aluminium, in 2 parts
256.2 x 289.3 cm (100 7/8 x 113 7/8 in.)
Executed in 1999.

Estimate
£120,000 - 180,000 ‡♠

Sold for £125,000

Contact Specialist

Tamila Kerimova

Director, Specialist
Head of Day Sale
44 20 7318 4065

tkerimova@phillips.com

20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 28 June 2019