Live Auction 14422First Open
Philip Taaffe (B. 1955)
Lot 64 NEXT CHAPTER: CONTEMPORARY ART FROM A PRIVATE ITALIAN COLLECTION

Philip Taaffe (B. 1955)

Forest Lantern

Closed5 April 2017

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GBP 68,750

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Philip Taaffe (B. 1955)
Forest Lantern
signed, titled and dated 'Philip Taaffe "Forest Lantern" 1981-2' (on the reverse)
oil and lacquer on MDF
48 x 43 1/8in. (122.6 x 109.5cm.)
Executed in 1981-82

Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe (acquired directly from the artist).
His sale, Christie's New York, October 31 1989, lot 575.
Lucio Amelio, Naples.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.