Lot 101: TONY LEWIS | Cocoa

graphite powder and tape on four adjoined sheets of paper

211 by 151cm.; 83 by 59 1/2 in.

graphite powder and tape on four adjoined sheets of paper

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is warmer in the original. The catalogue illustration also fails to convey the shiny nature of the small patches of coarse, crystalline graphite visible in the original. Condition: This work is in very good and original condition. The sheet is floating. The vertical edges are deckled. There are artist's pinholes in all four corners. All surface irregularities are inherent to the artist's working process.
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Private Collection, Europe