A page from the diary of a fly

細節

Richard Hamilton (1922-2011)
A page from the diary of a fly
oil on canvas
15 x 11 ¼ in. (38 x 28 cm.)
Painted in the early 1950s.

來源

A gift from the artist to Benn and Constance Levy in the 1950s, and by whom gifted to the present owner circa 1972.

注意事項

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.

榮譽呈獻

Louise Simpson

lsimpson@christies.com +44 (0)20 7389 2681

拍品專文

The title of the present work is inspired by Béla Bartók's From the Diary of a Fly, for piano (Mikrokosmos Vol. 6/142), a piece which attempts to depict the actions of a fly caught in a cobweb, from the perspective of the fly.

A page from the diary of a fly

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