Lot 382
  • 382

Jeff Wall

Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jeff Wall
  • A Wall in a Former Bakery
  • transparency in lightbox
  • overall: 135 by 167.3 by 25.1cm.; 53 1/8 by 65 7/8 by 9 7/8 in.
  • image: 118.5 by 151.3cm.; 46 5/8 by 59 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 2003.

Provenance

Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
Private Collection, Paris (acquired from the above in 2005)

Exhibited

New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, Jeff Wall, 2004

Literature

Theodora Vischer and Heidi Naef, Eds., Jeff Wall: Catalogue Raisonné, 1978-2004, Basel 2005, p. 259, no. 116, illustrated in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Jeff Wall: Transit, 2010, p. 31, partially illustrated in colour; p. 130, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition and in full working order. Close inspection reveals evidence of light wear and superficial handling marks to the outer edges of the lightbox in a few isolated places.
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