2333/​501

Martin Bigum (b. Copenhagen 1966)

“Art (On the wall)”. Signed on thereverse Martin Bigum 1995. Oil on canvas. 100×80 cm. Unframed.

The work is a signature work and Martin Bigum's first oil painting of the ART-figure. Other works since 1989, before this work, were acrylic. After 1996, Bigum moved over to oil painting. The work was painted in relation to Bigum's second exhibition catalog “Literary Body”, which belonged to an exhibition of the same name at the exhibition venue HOLE, Studiestræde 14, Copenhagen, 1994.

On Bigum's website you can see an earlier version of this work made in acrylic and on a smaller canvas: https://www.martinbigum.dk/radical-myth

This lot is subject to Artist's Royalty.
Condition

Surface dirt. Edges with minor peelings. Corners and edges with some handling marks. In need of a light surface cleaning.

Additional Remarks

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Auction

Modern art and design, 15 August 2023

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