Lot 125
  • 125

TOM OTTERNESS | The Doors

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Tom Otterness
  • The Doors
  • incised with the artist's name, date 1985 and number 6/9 on the side of one of the doors
  • pressed-wood doors with bronze knobs, in 2 parts
  • Each: 96 3/8 by 29 7/8 by 1 1/4 in. 244.8 by 75.9 by 3.2 cm.

Provenance

Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Chicago (acquired from the above by the present owner)

Exhibited

Los Angeles, James Corcoran Gallery; New York, Brooke Alexander Gallery, Tom Otterness, October - November 1990, n.p., illustrated

Literature

Peter Frank and Michael McKenzie, Eds., New, Used and Improved: Art for the 80’s, New York 1987, p. 32 
Holly Solomon and Alexandra Anderson, Eds., Living with Art, New York 1988, pp. 44 and 178, illustrated in color 
Neal Benezra, Ed., Affinities and Institutions: The Gerald S. Elliott Collection of Contemporary Art, Chicago 1990, p. 154, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. This work is accompanied by 4 door hinges which are presently not installed with the doors. The variations to the surface texture are inherent to the artist's chosen medium. Under close inspection, there are some faint signs of handling and wear.
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