Sarah Charlesworth

oval laminated Cibachrome print, the photographer's blindstamp, initialed in ink, on the image, framed to the artist's specifications, the Guggenheim Museum exhibition label on the reverse, 1993, no. 4 in an edition of 6

Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, 1997

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)

West Palm Beach, Norton Museum of Art, A Show of Hands: Photographs and Sculpture from the Buhl Collection, January - March 2008

Seoul, South Korea, Daelim Contemporary Art Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Asian tour), March - May 2009, and 2 other Asian venues through 2011 (see Appendix 1)

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 142 and 207 (this print)

This laminated Cibachrome print is in generally excellent condition. The print is framed, but it is not glazed. Upon very close examination, a few tiny matte deposits of indeterminate nature are visible overall. The Guggenheim Museum exhibition and the Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery invoice indicate that this print is number 4 in an edition of 6. The edition also includes 2 Artist's Proofs.
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