Kristjan Gudmundsson, sculpture, Kristjan Gudmundsson (Icelandic, b.1941), "UT", 1990, aluminum mounted to wall, etched and pen initial signed and dated, gallery label, 4.25"h x 47.5"l x 2"d

Provenance: Estate of Pentti Kouri, NYC; Galerie Anhava, Helsinki; Gallerie Riis, Oslo

Notes/Literature: Although created by the artist as a singular work, Dr. Kouri hung this as a pair (see lot 2299) Dr. Pentti Kouri(1949-2009) was a Finnish economist and venture capitalist with partner George Soros. He built his prestigious art collection with the goal of opening a private art foundation focused on his interests in Minimalism, Arte Povera, Conceptual and Text-based art. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of Dia Art Foundation, and on the boards of Tate, London and the Guggenheim Museum, New York. In addition, a portion of his collection forms the core of the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Helsinki, Finland (http://kokoelmat.fng.fi/app?si=http://kansallisgalleria.fi/E78.Collection_Kouri_kokoelma&lang=en). Millea Bros is proud to offer at auction over the next year 400 works from Dr. Kouri’s collection

Good, minor surface scratches on aluminum