Lot 167
  • 167

Erwin Wurm

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 EUR
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Description

  • Erwin Wurm
  • One minute sculpture
  • signé, daté et numéroté 1/V au dos
  • photographie en couleurs
  • 45 x 30 cm ; 17 3/4 x 11 13/16 in.
  • Exécutée en 1997, cette oeuvre est le numéro 1 d'une édition à 5 exemplaires.

Provenance

Galerie Art Concept, Paris
Acquis auprès de celle-ci en 2002 par le propriétaire actuel

Exhibited

Aix la Chapelle/Aachen, Ludwig Forum für International Kunst, Erwin Wurm, The Artist who swallowed the world, 2006 ; itinérante à Vienne, MUMOK, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, 2006-2007 ; Hamburg, Deichtorhallen, 2007 ; Lyon, Musée d'Art Contemporain, 2007 ; St-Gallen, Kunstmuseum, 2008 ; catalogue, p.100, illustré en couleurs
San Francisco, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Erwin Wurm, I Love My Time, I Don't Like My Time, 2004-2005 ; itinérante à Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, 2005 ; Des Moines, Art Center, 2006 ; catalogue, p.251, illustré en couleurs

Condition

The colours are fairly accurate in the catalogue illustration, althought the grey background tends towards grey-blue in the original. The work is in excellent condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed, dated and numbered 1/V on the back; colour photograph. Executed in 1997, this work is numbered 1 from an edition of 5.