Lot 414
  • 414

Annette Messager

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Annette Messager
  • LES LIGNES DE LA MAIN (PEUR)
  • Unique acrylic, charcoal, pastel and colored pencil on gelatin silver print, framed in wood
a unique installation with photograph and crayon, the photograph illustrated with acrylic and charcoal on the image, framed to the artist's specifications, annotated 'peur' in pencil and with the Buhl Collection label on the reverse, 1987; accompanied by crayons and instructions for installation

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, New York, 1996

Exhibited

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)

Literature

Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 58 and 233 (this installation)

Condition

Although this unique print has not been examined out of its frame, it appears to be in generally excellent condition. The photograph is accompanied by pink, red, purple, orange, and brown Stabilo crayons for use in installation.
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