Lot 528
  • 528

Matthew Barney

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Matthew Barney
  • Cremaster 4: Field of the Loughton Candidate
  • signed and dated 1994 on the reverse of the top panel
  • c-print in self-lubricating plastic frame, in 2 parts
  • Each: 33 1/4 by 27 1/2 in. 84.5 by 70 cm.
  • Executed in 1994, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3.

Provenance

Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Regen Projects, Matthew Barney: Photographs from Cremaster 4, November - December 1994 (another example exhibited)
Cologne, Museum Ludwig; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney: The CREMASTER Cycle, June 2002 - June 2003, n.p., illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a small black spot towards the bottom left of the right panel that appears to be inherent of the emulsion process. There are light dust accretions on the artist's frames. Each photograph is framed separately.
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