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Paolo Ventura
Bagno Autunnale #2 from Collage
Estimate
£8,000 - 12,000♠︎
Sold For
£13,860
Lot Details
2017
Unique hand-painted photographic collage, mounted.
121.2 x 141.7 cm (47 3/4 x 55 3/4 in.)
Titled, dated in blue pencil and credit stamp on the recto; signed, titled, dated in blue pencil and credit stamp on an artist label accompanying the work.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
The purposefully ambiguous work by Paolo Ventura (b. 1968), offered here, is a unique, large-scale composition from Collage (2017-19). Four photographed cut-outs of male figures, taken by the artist, are collaged onto a two-dimensional seascape background, comprising methodically painted panels in watercolour shades of blue and pale grey. The figures’ anonymity as they face away from the viewer and their lack of interaction add a feeling of unease to this fictional landscape.
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