Lot 38
  • 38

Chris Burden

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • Chris Burden
  • The Church of Human Energy
  • signed and titled
  • pencil on paper
  • 7 5/8 by 22 1/2 in. 19.4 by 57.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1973-1974.

Provenance

Jean St. Pierre, Los Angeles
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Newport Harbor Art Museum, Chris Burden: A 20-Year Survey, April 1988 - July 1989

Literature

Fred Hoffman, et.al., Chris Burden, Newcastle upon Tyne, 2007, p. 395

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The work is hinged on the reverse at the upper corners to a backing board. All edges of the sheet are deckled. There is pale time staining to the sheet, most pronounced along the top edge. Framed under Plexiglas.
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