Sale 1907
New York
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19 - 20 November 2007
Price realised
USD 25,000
Estimate
Juan Downey (Chilean 1940-1993) Invisible Energy in Chile Plays a Concert in New York signed 'Downey' (lower right) acrylic, pencil and collage on cardboard mounted on panel 49½ x 39¾ in. (125 x 100 cm.) Executed in 1969.
Provenance
Acquired from the artist. Barbara Duncan collection. Acquired from the above by the present owner.
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Literature
Juan Downey: Of Dream into Study, Editorial Lord Cochrane, Santiago, 1989, p. 10.
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