Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art
Meeting New Art Halfway: The Collection of Anita Reiner
Juan Muñoz
Eindhoven Balcony
Lot Closed
March 18, 06:02 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Meeting New Art Halfway: The Collection of Anita Reiner
Juan Muñoz
1953 - 2001
Eindhoven Balcony
steel
32½ by 28¾ by 17¾ in. (82.5 by 73 by 45.1 cm.)
Executed in 1991.
Estate of Anita Reiner, New York (acquired from the above in May 1994)
"The balconies are absolutely full-grown, mature works. They presume a figurative element, and they manipulate architecture in a very theatrical way. They activate space by transforming its scale. By putting a balcony on the wall, you changed its scale. All of a sudden, the room becomes the sculpture. That has a precedent in Minimalism and Conceptual art."
Paul Schimmel, "An Interview with Juan Muñoz," in Exh. Cat., The Art Institute of Chicago, Juan Muñoz, 2001, p. 146