Clive Barker (b. 1940)
Lot 176

Clive Barker (b. 1940)

Unfinished Mona Lisa

Closed27 February 2008

Price Realised

GBP 11,250

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Clive Barker (b. 1940)
Unfinished Mona Lisa
signed and dated 'Clive Barker 1970' (on the reverse)
emulsion and ink on a printed base
10 x 7 in. (26 x 18.4 cm.)

Specialist note

The present work is one of four works where Barker customized the image of the Mona Lisa. Barker visited the Louvre and bought four small reproduction canvases of the Mona Lisa. In this work he rolled emulsion paint across the canvas partially leaving an area of the face. In the three other works, Barker covers one completely in white emulsion, one with black paint and one is bandaged apart from Mona Lisa's lips.