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Lot 222
  • 222

Isa Genzken

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Isa Genzken
  • Nofretete, Das Original
  • Nefertiti plaster bust with sunglasses on wooden base, wooden plinth and colour photograph in aluminium frame
  • overall: 184 by 50.5 by 40cm.; 72 1/2 by 19 7/8 by 15 3/4 in.
  • Executed in 2012.

Provenance

Donated by the artist, courtesy Galerie Buchholz,Cologne/ Berlin

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. All surface irregularities are in keeping with the artist's choice of medium and working process.
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Catalogue Note

“If you walk around my works and pay attention to the scenery, something different always emerges and you can always discover something new and sympathise with it.”
Isa Genzken in conversation with Diedrich Diederichsen in:  Alex Farquharson, Diedrich Diederichsen & Sabine Breitwieser, Isa Genzken, London 2006, p. 15