Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Property from a Private New York Collection
TOM OTTERNESS | CRYING GIANT
Auction Closed
October 29, 12:08 AM GMT
Estimate
500,000 - 700,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Private New York Collection
TOM OTTERNESS
b.1952
CRYING GIANT
inscribed with the artist's name, dated 2002 and numbered 2/3 on the base
green-patinated bronze
132 by 78 by 173 in. 335.3 by 198.1 by 439.4 cm.
Executed in 2002, this work is number two from an edition of three.
This work is being offered for sale from an offsite location and is not at Sotheby’s York Avenue location. Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department at Bryce.Smith@sothebys.com with inquiries. Please note that the successful purchaser must use Sotheby’s shipping services for collection and delivery after the auction at the buyer’s expense.
Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in May 2002
Ken Johnson, "Tom Otterness: Free Money and Other Fairy Tales," The New York Times, 3 May 2002 (text) (online)
Ted Loos, "A Fractured Fairy Tale Set on Broadway," The New York Times, 12 September 2004 (text) (online)
New York, Marlborough Gallery, Free Money and Other Fairy Tales, April - May 2002, pp. 4-5 and 56 (text), pp. 20-21, illustrated in color, and illustrated in color on the cover (ed. no. unknown)