Lot 279
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OLAFUR ELIASSON | Shadow Lamp

Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 GBP
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Description

  • Olafur Eliasson
  • Shadow Lamp
  • stainless steel, tripod, back projection foil, motor, transformer, halogen bulb and cable
  • 200 by 80 by 80 cm. 78 3/4 by 31 1/2 by 31 1/2 in.
  • Executed in 2005, this work is number 3 from an edition of 14.

Provenance

Neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Malmö, Malmö Konsthall; Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen; and Tokyo, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, The Light Setup; Notion Motion; and Your Light Shadow, September 2005 - March 2006, p. 222, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Berlin, Aedes am Pfefferberg, A Laboratory of Mediating Space, June - July 2006 (ed. no. unknown)
Puerto Rico, Espacio 1414, Light in Contemporary Art: Selection of Works from the Berezdivin Collection, June - October 2006 (ed. no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly lighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good and working condition. Very close inspection reveals some light abrasions and scratches to the metal frame and some small media accretions and scuffs to the back projection foil.
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