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Details

JANNIS KOUNELLIS (1936-2017)
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three sheets of charcoal on paper and iron, in artist's iron frame
112 x 40in. (284.5 x 101.6cm.)
Executed in 1994

Provenance

Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2010.

Special notice

Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent. This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.

Further details

This work is registered in the Archivio Kounellis, Rome, under no. JK94F/B0059, and is accompanied by a photo certificate dated 9 March 2021.

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Lot Essay

“I went out of the canvas to have an open dialectic space. It meant for me going toward thousands of discoveries. In terms of freedom, this gesture opened a world for me.”
Jannis Kounellis

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