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Lot 249: Blade (Steven Ogborne) , b. 1957 Untitled spray paint on canvas

Est: €12,000 EUR - €15,000 EURSold:
Sotheby'sAmsterdam, NetherlandsDecember 03, 2008

Item Overview

Description

signed spray paint on canvas

Dimensions

98 by 179 cm.

Artist or Maker

Provenance

Galerie Yaki Kornblit, Amsterdam

Notes

Blade is one of the first and most well-known graffiti artist. He has sprayed thousands of trains and has also photographed many of them. He has stayed true to the original painting of letters on trains, decorated with 'characters'. A lot of 'characters' are derived from cartoons like Woody Woodpecker, Porgy Pig and Looney Tunes. He tries to create a tension between the big letters which at the same time suggests space. Blade sees and dreams his name everywhere in the world and in the universe. With his sharply cut letters, rendered three dimensional and abstract, he contributed to a new dimension in the Graffiti movement.

Auction Details

Modern and Contemporary Art, including 1950 Northern European Avant - Garde

by
Sotheby's
December 03, 2008, 12:00 PM CET

De Boelelaan 30, Amsterdam, 1083 HJ, NL