Lot 472
  • 472

Martin Kippenberger

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Martin Kippenberger
  • Untitled (Hotel Drawings) [Four Works]
  • ii. signed with the artist's initials and dated Juin 92

  • pencil, ballpoint pen and whiteout on printed paper, in 4 parts

     

  • i. 11 3/4 by 8 1/2 in. 30 by 21.5 cm. ii. 7 7/8 by 8 1/8 in. 20 by 20.7 cm.
  • iii. & iv. 11 5/8 by 8 1/4 in. 29.5 by 21 cm.
  • i. Executed in 1988.

Provenance

Art & Public,Geneva
Phillips, de Pury & Luxembourg, New York, June 10, 2004, lot 443
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Condition

These works are in good condition. There is evidence of scattered wear and handling, surface accretions, handling creases and stains which are all presumably inherent to the artist's working method. Each hinged at the corners verso to the matte and framed under glass. Not examined out of frames. Please note the correct illustration for this work appears in the mini-book and on www.sothebys.com.
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