Lot 322
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VIK MUNIZ | The Tower of Babel, after Pieter Breughel (Gordian Puzzles)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • The Tower of Babel, after Pieter Breughel (Gordian Puzzles)
  • signed and dated 2007 on a label affixed to the reverse 
  • c-print
  • 40 1/4 by 53 1/2 in. 102.3 by 135.9 cm.
  • Executed in 2007, this work is number 1 from an edition of 6 with 4 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Galerie Xippas, Paris 
Galería Odalys, Caracas
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Caracas, Galería Odalys, Vik Muniz, July - September 2013, cat. no. 3, p. 9, illustrated in color 

Literature

Pedro Corrêa do Lago, Ed., Vik Muniz: Obra Completa, 1987-2009, Catálogo Raisonné, Rio de Janeiro 2009, p. 672, illustrated in color 

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet has been laid down to a board. A few minor scattered surface scratches to the emulsion are present throughout. A one-inch circular transparent surface accretion is present in the central quadrant.
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