Lot 204
  • 204

Keith Sonnier

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Keith Sonnier
  • Untitled Neon Wall Sculpture
  • four neon tubes, spraypaint, cables and transformer
  • as installed: 236 by 139 by 63.5cm.; 92 7/8 by 54 3/4 by 25in.
  • Executed in 1969.

Provenance

Galerie Ricke, Cologne
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1969

Exhibited

Krefeld, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Sammlung Helga und Walther Lauffs - Amerikanische und europäische Kunst der sechziger und siebziger Jahre, 1983-84, p. 175, no. 359, illustrated 

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the colours are brighter in the original. Condition: All components are complete and in good working order. The original transformer comes with the work but has been replaced.
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