Lot 249: l - COSIMA VON BONIN

B. 1962
MEN SUDDENLY IN BLACK

measurements
142 by 154 1/2 in.

alternate measurements
360.7 by 392.4 cm.

felt, cotton, printed fabric, loden and cowhide collaged on cotton

Condition Note: This work is in very good condition overall. Few instances of minor and unobtrusive soiling to the corners and extreme edges. There is scattered creasing, loose threads, tack holes and fraying to the edges, all presumably related to the artist's working method.

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Executed in 2003.

PROVENANCE

Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin
Acquired by the present owner from the above

EXHIBITED

Portland Art Museum, Museum Selections, March - July 2004
Portland, Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Gallery at Reed College, New Trajectories I: Relocations; Recent Painting, Drawing and Multi-Media Work, January - March 2006

LITERATURE

John Motley, "Visual Art," The Portland Mercury, February 2, 2006