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Brice Marden
Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 USD
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Description
- Brice Marden
- Cold Mountain Series, Zen Study 1-6
- each signed, dated 91 and numbered 27/35
- etchings and aquatint on paper, in 6 parts
- plate: 20 3/4 by 27 1/2 in. 52.7 by 69.9 cm.
- sheet: 27 1/2 by 35 1/4 in. 69.9 by 89.5 cm.
- Executed in 1991, these works are number 27 from an edition of 35, plus 15 artist's proofs.
Provenance
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1991
Exhibited
New York, Dia Center for the Arts; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Houston, The Menil Collection; Madrid, Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, Brice Marden - Cold Mountain, October 1991 - June 1993, pp. 127-132, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Dallas Museum of Art; Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Miami Art Museum; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Brice Marden: Work of the 1990s, Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, February 1999 - August 2000, cat. no. 31, pp. 21-23, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Dallas Museum of Art; Washington D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; Miami Art Museum; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Brice Marden: Work of the 1990s, Paintings, Drawings, and Prints, February 1999 - August 2000, cat. no. 31, pp. 21-23, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Literature
Jeremy Lewison, Brice Marden: Prints 1961 - 1991, A Catalogue Raisonné, London 1992, cat. no. 43, pp. 164-167, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Kunsthalle Bern, Brice Marden: Paintings 1985-1993, 1993, p. 23, illustrated
Exh. Cat., Kunsthalle Bern, Brice Marden: Paintings 1985-1993, 1993, p. 23, illustrated
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. Please contact the Contemporary Department at +1 212 606 7254 for a copy of the report prepared by Alvarez Conservation Services. Framed under Plexiglas.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"One of the reasons I wanted to do this work was that by using the monochromatic palette in the past basically all I could get were chords. I wanted to to be able to make something more like fugues, more complicated, back-and-forth renderings of feelings."
Brice Marden
Brice Marden