Vlassis Caniaris

Lot 145: VLASSIS CANIARIS

Name: VLASSIS CANIARIS
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: 1a7bce3327

Est: £8,000 GBP - £12,000 GBPSold:

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomJune 11, 2012

Item Overview

Description

GREEK
1928 - 2011
FOSSIL: TOYS & SHOES (A PAIR)
(i) stamped CANIARIS 1970 lower right
(ii) signed and dated Caniaris / 1966 in the right shoe
mixed media
(i) 50 by 63 by 5cm., 19¾ by 24¾ by 2in.; (ii) 21 by 31 by 18cm., 8¼ by 12¼ by 7in.

Artist or Maker

Vlassis Caniaris

Exhibited

(ii) Athens, National Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Vlassis Caniaris - A Retrospective, 1999, no. 114, p. 202, illustrated in the catalogue

Literature

Michael Fehr, Vlassis Caniaris, Konkreter Realismus. Skizze einer künstlerischen Strategie. Werkverzeichnis 1952 bis 1983, Nuremberg, 1991, p. 273, no. 70/53, illustrated (i); p. 203, no. 70/35, illustrated (ii)

Provenance

(i) Private Collection, France
Daniel Varenne, Geneva (by 2007)
(ii) Private Collection, Geneva (by 1991)
Gallery Daniel Varenne, Geneva (by 1999)

Auction Details

European Paintings

Sotheby's

June 11, 2012, 12:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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