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CARRIE MAE WEEMS | Untitled (Man Smoking from the Kitchen Table Series)
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description
- Carrie Mae Weems
- Untitled (Man Smoking from the Kitchen Table Series)
- silver gelatin print
- 27 1/4 by 27 1/4 in. 69.2 by 69.2 cm.
- signed, numbered 2/5 and dated 1990 on the reverse
Provenance
Linda Cathcart Gallery, Santa Barbara
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1992
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1992
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Pleasures and Terrors of Domestic Comfort, September - December 1991 (another example exhibited)
Washington, D.C., The National Museum of Women in the Arts; St. Louis, The Forum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Miami, Center for the Fine Arts; Los Angeles, California Afro-American Museum; Portland Art Museum; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art; Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, Carrie Mae Weems, January 1993 - April 1995, pl. 25, p. 65, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA2000, Open Ends: Actual Size, October 2000 - February 2001 (another example exhibited)
Brooklyn Museum, Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection, October 2008 - April 2009 (another example exhibited)
Art Institute of Chicago, Carrie Mae Weems: Kitchen Table Series, May - June 2011 (another example exhibited)
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Everyday Epiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969, June 2013 - January 2014 (another example exhibited)
Brooklyn Museum, Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection, August 2018 - March 2019 (another example exhibited)
Washington, D.C., The National Museum of Women in the Arts; St. Louis, The Forum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Miami, Center for the Fine Arts; Los Angeles, California Afro-American Museum; Portland Art Museum; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art; Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center, Carrie Mae Weems, January 1993 - April 1995, pl. 25, p. 65, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA2000, Open Ends: Actual Size, October 2000 - February 2001 (another example exhibited)
Brooklyn Museum, Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection, October 2008 - April 2009 (another example exhibited)
Art Institute of Chicago, Carrie Mae Weems: Kitchen Table Series, May - June 2011 (another example exhibited)
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Everyday Epiphanies: Photography and Daily Life Since 1969, June 2013 - January 2014 (another example exhibited)
Brooklyn Museum, Half the Picture: A Feminist Look at the Collection, August 2018 - March 2019 (another example exhibited)
Literature
Carrie Mae Weems, Carrie Mae Weems: Kitchen Table Series, Bologna 2016, p. 24, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Nashville, Frist Center for the Visual Arts; Portland Art Museum; The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, 2012 - 2014, pl. 6.4, n.p., illustrated in color (another example illustrated)
Exh. Cat., Nashville, Frist Center for the Visual Arts; Portland Art Museum; The Cleveland Museum of Art; The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, 2012 - 2014, pl. 6.4, n.p., illustrated in color (another example illustrated)
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. Under very close inspection, a few nearly translucent, minute drip accretions are visible along the right edge near the central horizontal axis. Under raking light, a few scattered scratches are visible throughout the surface, inherent to the artist's chosen medium. This work was not examined outside of its frame. Framed under Plexiglas.
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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.