Lot 217
  • 217

WOLFGANG TILLMANS | Paper Drop (New York) I

Estimate
120,000 - 180,000 USD
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Description

  • Wolfgang Tillmans
  • Paper Drop (New York) I
  • signed on a label affixed to the reverse
  • c-print, in artist's frame
  • Framed: 57 1/4 by 83 1/2 in. 145.4 by 212.1 cm.
  • Executed in 2008, this work is from an edition of 1, plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is minor evidence of wear and handling to the artist's frame. Under close inspection, there is a small dent visible on the extreme left edge ¾ of an inch from the upper left corner as well as a small dent visible on the extreme right edge 6 inches below the top right corner. This work was not examined out of its frame. Framed under Plexiglas.
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Catalogue Note

"In my lens-based paper drop images I made the photographic paper itself my subject matter, creating images that are figurative and abstract at the same time. I liken them to mathematical functions. I can’t calculate them, but a mathematician could describe exactly how their shapes happened through the tension of the paper and gravity. They are almost like scientific illustrations.” Wolfgang Tillmans