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Accession number
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1963-0045-0-CA
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Title
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Untitled
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Description
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In this abstract, gestural painting, heavy, impasto handfuls of black paint are heaped onto and smeared over a cerulean blue backdrop modulated by unevenly blended tints and shades of the same hue. The artist uses his hands and body to mould the paint directly, as if it were a sculptural medium, leaving winding, sweeping, intersecting calligraphic strokes in a shape reminiscent of a hashtag. Small amounts of paint have been flung onto the work, leaving thin streaks or splatters that bear witness to the artist's vigorous painterly process.
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Inscriptions
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Signed and dated "1963" on the reverse. Affixed to the back of the frame is a piece of paper labelled "0841", alongside a check mark.
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Dimensions with frame
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N/A
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Condition
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Serious craquelure; bits of paint flaking off. Paint chips that flaked off while the work was being handled have been collected in a small plastic bag. Tear near the centre of the image; patched up on the reverse. Tear at the bottom left corner. Lizard and insect droppings. Discolouration; the white paint appears yellow.
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All known reproductions.
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Thip Sae-tang, Anuson Nai Kan Chapanakit Sop Khun Po Chang Sae-tang [Funeral Book of Tang Chang], (Bangkok: Wanmai, 1990), 23.
ทิพย์ แซ่ตั้ง, อนุสรณ์ในการฌาปนกิจศพ คุณพ่อ จ่าง แซ่ตั้ง, (กรุงเทพฯ: วันใหม่, 2533), 23.
