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MIGUEL BARCELÓ (b. 1957) SUBMARIN signed, titled and dated "Barcelo SUBMARIN 2000" on the reverse...

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MIGUEL BARCELÓ (b. 1957) SUBMARIN signed, titled and dated  Barcelo SUBMARIN 2000  on the reverse...
MIGUEL BARCELÓ
(b. 1957)
SUBMARIN
signed, titled and dated
"Barcelo SUBMARIN 2000"
on the reverse
acrylic and oil on canvas
983/4 x 581/4 in. (251 x 148 cm)
executed in 2000
ESTIMATE: $80,000-120,000

PROVENANCE
Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zürich
Jablonka Galerie, COLOGNE

EXHIBITED
Cologne, Jablonka Galerie, Miguel Barceló: L'ours Blessé,
April 27-May 26, 2001, n.p. (illustrated)

LITERATURE
K. Heymer and C. Rütten, Miguel Barceló: L'ours Blessé,
Cologne, 2001, n.p. (illustrated)
They swim swiftly in the open sea and come and go as if they were a single being, numerous and silvery. They inspired the first torpedo designers. Fishing boats follow their migration routes. It would be good to know if they were aware they were intended as nourishment.
Rodrigo Rey-Rosa text from K. Heymer, C. Rütten,
L'OURS BLESSÉ, COLOGNE, 2001, n.p.
I RETURN TO THE PRADO LIKE AN ANIMAL TO THE DRINKING TROUGH OR LIKE AN INSECT TO THE PUDDLE. I DRINK FROM THESE THICK DARK NOURISHING WATERS, AND I CONTEMPLATE MY REFLECTION MOVING ACROSS THE IMPERTURbABLE AND SERENE FACE OF THESE SAINTS, KINGS AND VIRGINS WHO ARE PAINTINGS AND WHO PERHAPS WERE NEVER MORE THAN PAINTINGS.
M. Barceló, Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, MIGUEL BARCELÓ, Barcelona, 1998, p. 135