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Brion Gysin

Word Burst in Numbered World, Unit 1

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Lot Closed

October 3, 07:03 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

Lot Details

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Brion Gysin

1916 - 1986


Word Burst in Numbered World, Unit 1

acrylic on canvas

45 by 35½ inches

114.3 by 90.2 cm.

Executed in 1961.

Private Collection

Marisa Volpi, "Rome: some Spring exhibitions," Art International, vol. 6, issue 5-6, Summer 1962, p. 87, illustrated

Rome, Galleria Topazia Alliata, Eight Units of a Permutative Picture, 1962

New York, New Museum and Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, Institut d’art Contemporain, Brion Gysin: Dream Machine, July - November 2010