JAVIER CALLEJA (B. 1971)
Waiting for a while
signed, dated and titled “2019 WAITING FOR A WHILE Javier Calleja” (on the overlap)
acrylic on canvas
image size: 130 x 116 cm. (51 1/8 x 45 5/8 in.)
overall size: 181 x 167 cm. (71 1/4 x 65 3/4 in.)
Painted in 2019


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Galerie Zink, Germany
Acquired at the above by the present owner

Germany, Galerie Zink, Javier Calleja: Clouds Through The Windows, May – July 2019