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Öyvind Fahlström

(Sweden, 1928-1976)
Estimate
200 000 - 250 000 SEK
17 800 - 22 300 EUR
18 200 - 22 700 USD
Hammer price
160 000 SEK
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Öyvind Fahlström
(Sweden, 1928-1976)

"Sittgropen"

Signed Öyvind Fahlström and dated 8/61. Also signed and dated verso. Lacquer and ink on canvas 98,5 x 44,5 cm.

Provenance

Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc. New York.

Exhibitions

Galerie Daniel Cordier, Paris, Frankrike, 6 December 1962 - 12 January 1963.
Cordier & Ekstrom, Inc. New York, USA, 4 - 29 February 1964.

More information

"Sittgropen", or the work's attributed French title "Le Trou", was executed in April 1961 and was delivered to Cordier together with several other works in July 1961.