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Ola Kolehmainen artwork – Koller Auctions 2019

Sold for CHF 1,600 at Koller Auctions on Dec 2, 2019.

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OLA KOLEHMAINEN (1964). "Tour Finances, day view", 2002. Chromogenic colour print under plexiglass on Diasec sheet. Vintage. 160 cm x 227 cm. Verso with mounted gallery label with printed legend, numbered 1/5 and fully signed by the photographer. Literature: - Ola Kohlemainen. Fraction Abstraction Recreation. Ostfildern, 2006. - Ola Kohlemainen. A Building is Not a Building. Ostfildern, 2009. Provenance: - Galerie Anhava, Herlsinki. - Roland Berger Corporate Art Collection, Munich. - Swiss collection. "Kolehmainen's magic is in his ability to capture the unmovable. Concrete shifts, steel seems to bend, windows disappear - and if that's not enough, the sheer size of the work subdues the viewer into his world." (Persons, Timothy "A Building is Not a Building", in: Kohlemainen 2009, p. 91). Lower right corner damaged with large cracks in plexiglass. Expertly restored. --------------- OLA KOLEHMAINEN (1964) "Tour Finances, day view", 2002. C-Print unter Plexiglas auf Diasec-Platte. Vintage. 160 cm x 227 cm. Verso montiertes Galerie-Etikett mit gedruckter Legende, Nummerierung 1/5 und vom Photographen voll signiert. Literatur: - Ola Kohlemainen. Fraction Abstraction Recreation. Ostfildern, 2006. - Ola Kohlemainen. A Building is Not a Building. Ostfildern, 2009. Provenienz: - Galerie Anhava, Herlsinki. - Roland Berger Corporate Art Collection, München. - Sammlung Schweiz. "Kolehmainen's magic is in his ability to capture the unmovable. Concrete shifts, steel seems to bend, windows disappear - and if that's not enough, the sheer size of the work subdues the viewer into his world." (Persons, Timothy "A Building is Not a Building", in: Kohlemainen 2009, S. 91). Rechte untere Ecke beschädigt mit grossen Rissen im Plexiglas. Fachmännisch restauriert.

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