Lot 443
  • 443

Nick Cave

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 USD
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Description

  • Nick Cave
  • Soundsuit
  • plastic, pipe cleaners, wicker, yarn, stuffed animals, fabric dolls, lights and plastic mannequin
  • 112 3/4 by 37 1/2 by 26 in. 286.4 by 95.3 by 66 cm.
  • Executed in 2011.

Provenance

Sotheby’s S2, New York (acquired directly from the artist)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011

Exhibited

New York, Mary Boone Gallery, Nick Cave, For Now, September - October 2011
New York, Sotheby's S2, Hunters and Gatherers: The Art of Assemblage, November – December 2011 

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. All elements appear to be present and stable. The electrical components are in good working order. The found elements show evidence of wear and handling, which is inherent to the artist's choice of found materials.
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Catalogue Note

"[These works] described [Rodney King] as larger than life, scary, and that it took ten policemen to bring him down. I started thinking, what does that look like and how do I identify myself as a black male? I was thinking the moment I leave my studio my identity is in jeopardy. What I was really creating was something to protect my identity, something to protect my spirit, and somehow it was seductive and you were curious about it." Nick Cave