Lot 447
  • 447

Theaster Gates

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Theaster Gates
  • Race Riot
  • wood, metal, glass and decommissioned fire hoses
  • 41 by 33 3/4 by 5 1/4 in. 104.1 by 85.7 by 13.3 cm.
  • Executed in 2011.

Provenance

Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago
Acquired from the above by the present owner in June 2011

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. There is light wear to the frame and the fire hoses, due to the artist’s choice of medium. Upon close inspection, there are scattered, minor chips to the glass face along the top edge, most noticeably in the top right and top left corners. Framed.
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