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Jacob Kassay
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Jacob Kassay
- Untitled
- signed and dated 09 on the reverse of the top canvas
- acrylic and silver deposit on 3 canvases, rock and wood base
- Overall: 10 1/2 by 50 by 38 in. 26.7 by 127 by 96.5 cm.
Provenance
Eleven Rivington, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2009
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2009
Exhibited
New York, Eleven Rivington, Jacob Kassay, February - March 2009
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. The middle and bottom canvases exhibit a palm sized impression by the rock that is stacked in between them. One of these canvases also has a 3 inch diagonal scratch. These and all other surface imperfections appear to be inherent to the artist's working method and intent.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"The way that these thin silver surfaces delicately capture the traces of whatever stands before them evokes photography, with its light-sensitive emulsions of metal salts. But film photography as a technology has now been surpassed by digital--just as photography itself once usurped the province of painting-making Kassay's metal coatings feel like bronzed baby shoes, elegies to an unrecoverable past. Simultaneously paintings made into memorials, sculptures that refer to photography, and abstractions that speak of the changing regimes of representation, Kassay's works, while beautiful, are also melancholic, philosophical objects" - Joseph R. Wolin (Time Out Magazine, March 19, 2009)