Canvas with just a date up for 60,000 pounds
September 30th, 2011 - 12:58 am ICT by IANSLondon, Sep 29 (IANS) A bordered but otherwise blank white canvas with just a date written in a corner is expected to be sold for 60,000 pounds (over $94,000) in Britain, a media report said.
Artist Bob Law did nothing other than draw a border around the edge with a black marker pen and date it, Daily Mail reported.
The piece, titled Nothing to be Afraid of V 22.8.69, is set to be keenly fought over when it goes under the hammer at auction.
Measuring 108×84 inches, it is designed to be hung on a wall and has already appeared in a number of exhibitions.
Bob Law has been described as one of the founding fathers of British minimalist painting. But the artist did not receive the accolades his contemporaries in the US were getting.
He died in 2004 and this is the first major canvas of his hugely collectable work to come up for auction.
The item, for sale at Bonhams’ contemporary art sale Oct 13, has been owned by its vendor for more than a decade and there is great excitement in the art world that it will be included at auction.
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