VIK MUNIZ | After Robert Morris, Untitled (L-Beams), 1965, Installed at the Whitney Museum in "American Sculpture: Gifts of Howard and Jean Lipman," April 15-June 15, 1980

Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001

Pedro Corrêa do Lago, et al., Vik Muniz: Obra Completa, 1987-2009, Catálogo Raisonné, 2009, Rio de Janeiro, p. 394, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., 49th Venice Biennale, BrasilConnects Venice: Vik Muniz Ernesto Neto, 2001, n.p., another edition illustrated in color 

This work is in good condition overall. The sheet is mounted to a foamboard backing. The work appears to be slightly faded overall. Under raking light, a fine band of frame abrasion measuring less than 1/8-inch in width becomes apparent along each of the extreme edges of the work. A thin horizontal band of light brown deposit of indeterminate nature is present in the upper left quadrant of the work along the uppermost edge, measuring two inches in length. A minor loss to the sheet measuring less than 1/8 inch in width is present at the center of the extreme uppermost edge. Framed.
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This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed and stamped by the artist and dated January 5, 2018.