• Post-War and Contemporary Art  auction at Christies

    Sale 15946

    Post-War and Contemporary Art vente du jour

    Paris

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    4 December 2019

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    • Peter Halley (né en 1953)
    Lot 188

    Peter Halley (né en 1953)

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    Price realised

    EUR 87,500

    Estimate

    EUR 80,000 - EUR 120,000

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    Peter Halley (né en 1953)
    Stop World
    signé deux fois et daté 'Peter Halley 2005' (au dos)
    acrylique, peinture acrylique Day Glo, acrylique métallisée, acrylique nacrée et Roll-a-tex sur toile
    183 x 183 cm.
    Réalisé en 2005.

    signed twice and dated 'Peter Halley 2005' (on the reverse)
    acrylic, Day Glo acrylic, metallic acrylic, pearlescent acrylic and Roll-a-tex on canvas
    72 x 72 in.
    Executed in 2005.

    Provenance

    Galleria Cardi, Milan
    Collection privée, Milan
    Galleria Bagnai, Florence
    Acquis auprès de celle-ci par le propriétaire actuel

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    Milan, Galleria Cardi, Peter Halley, septembre-novembre 2005.


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    Post Lot Text

    "Les prisons et les cellules illustrent une critique de la masculinité - rigide, inhibée, murée - «carré» dans tous les sens du terme. J'ai commencé à utiliser la couleur Day-Glo comme une sorte de blague avec moi-même. C'était vraiment comme du 'slapstick', cette abstraction élégante. Oui, je pense que chaque prison et cellule émet une certaine lumière."
    "The prisons and cells pictorialize a critique of masculinity — rigid, inhibited, walled off — “square” in every sense of the word. I began using Day-Glo color as a sort of joke with myself. It really felt like slapstick, this put-down of elegant abstraction. Yes, I am thinking that each prison and cell radiates a certain light."
    Peter Halley


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