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The History of Now: The Collection of David Teiger Sold to Benefit Teiger Foundation for the Support of Contemporary Art
CORNELIA PARKER | MEASURING LIBERTY WITH A DOLLAR
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December 6, 07:53 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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The History of Now: The Collection of David Teiger Sold to Benefit Teiger Foundation for the Support of Contemporary Art
CORNELIA PARKER
b. 1956
MEASURING LIBERTY WITH A DOLLAR
silver dollar drawn to the height of the Statue of Liberty
Overall: 24¾ by 24⅝ in. (62.9 by 62.5 cm.)
Executed in 1998.
Frith Street Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by David Teiger in July 1998
Jason Edward Kaufman, "Art: A Poet of the Mundane," Wall Street Journal, 21 March 2000, p. A24
Gregory Montreuil, "New York New York, Art Fragments from the Big Apple, Cornelia Parker at D'Amelio Terras," Flash Art, vol. XXXVI, July - September 2003, p. 68