Lot 54
  • 54

Juan Muñoz

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 GBP
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Description

  • Juan Muñoz
  • Staring at the Sea I
  • polyester resin figures with cardboard masks and mirror
  • figures: 156.5 by 69.5 by 58.5cm.; 61 5/8 by 27 3/8 by 23in.
  • mirror: 159.8 by 90cm.; 63 by 35 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 1997-2000, this work is unique.

Provenance

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2002

Catalogue Note

"My characters sometimes behave as a mirror that cannot reflect... they are there to tell you something about your looking, they cannot, because they don't let you see yourself".  The artist cited in: Exhibition Catalogue, London, Tate, Juan Muñnoz, 2008, p. 102