Lot 294
  • 294

Vik Muniz

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • Self-portrait (I am too Sad to Tell You, after Bas Jan Ader) (Rebus)
  • signed and dated 2003 on a label affixed to the reverse
  • c-print
  • 187.5 by 233.4 cm. 73 7/8 by 91 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 2003, this work is from an edition of 6.

Provenance

Gallery Elba Benitez, Madrid
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is brighter and more vibrant, the frame is a deep red and the background tends more towards true white in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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