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Unknown — Tête
Unknown

Tête

This untitled work employs pencil frottage technique on paper, a method of capturing texture through rubbing. The unknown artist uses this surrealist-influenced technique to create an abstract composition titled Tête.

Medium
pencil frottage on paper

🔨 Auction Lot

Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale Including Works from the Collection of Marina Picasso

March 19, 2021

Estimate: $15,000$20,000

Lot 211

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Unknown, Tête

This untitled work employs pencil frottage technique on paper, a method of capturing texture through rubbing. The unknown artist uses this surrealist-influenced technique to create an abstract composition titled Tête.

Medium
pencil frottage on paper
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Monochrome, Unknown Origin, Experimental, Textural, Paper, Pencil, Head, Abstract, Frottage, Contemporary

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Collected by

Richard Caswell, Sebastián Naranjo, Jonah Handel, Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Ethan Elkins, Alex Capecelatro, Mihail Lari, Cleveland Museum of Art