Mosaic Head

Catalog no.

0141

Year

1975

Subject

Portrait

Media

Oil / Acrylic /
Oil on board

Size (H x W)

24 x 20 inches

Availability

For sale, Priced

Price

£530

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An early work with squares treatment, possibly 'Denise'. These 'squares' paintings have nothing to do with real mosaic, (PBB, 1985) - or indeed computer pixellation, although there is sometimes a similar effect. Signed: PBB.

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