Lot 278
  • 278

Andres Serrano

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andres Serrano
  • A History of Sex (Bondage in Kyoto)
  • signed, titled and numbered 3/7 on the reverse
  • c-print
  • image: 100 by 81 cm. 39 3/8 by 31 7/8 in.
  • framed: 114.3 by 95.6 cm. 45 by 37 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1996, this work is number 3 from an edition of 7.

Provenance

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Private Collection
Sotheby's, New York, 24 June 1999, Lot 113
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Exh. Cat., Groningen, Groninger Museum; Melbourne, National Gallery of Victoria; Melbourne, Kirkcaldy Davies Galleries; Horsens, Kunstmuseum, A History of Andres Serrano, A History of Sex, February 1997 - May 1998, p. 90, no. 47, illustrated in colour (edition no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is deeper and more vibrant in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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