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Stella, 1990 signed and dated 1990 to the reverse; further titled and dated to the stretcher acrylic and oil on canvas 73.5 x 101.5cm

Footnote: Provenance: With Todd Gallery, London Literature: Luke Smythe, Gretchen Albrecht: Between Gesture and Geometry, Massey University Press, New Zealand, 2019, p.182 (ill.) One of the most celebrated contemporary New Zealand artists, Gretchen Albrecht has gained international recognition and has exhibited widely in both New Zealand and Europe since the 1970s. Throughout her career, Albrecht has developed an incisive and deeply personal visual iconography, utilising characteristic stained and shaped canvases, bold, wide brush strokes, and an evocative use of colour and geometry. The present lot, dated 1990, marks a departure from Albrecht’s earliest works, which were typically executed on semi-circular canvases.

Condition report: Oil on canvas attached to an oval stretcher with a horizontal cross bar. The canvas tension is slack but the picture is in plane. Overall the paint layers are in a good condition. There is some abrasion around the edges of the work and a light layer of dust across the surface.

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