Modern & Contemporary Day Auction

Jenny Holzer

Memorial Bench II: Eye cut by flying glass...

VAT reduced rateUK: Greenford Park Warehouse

Auction Closed

March 2, 03:45 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Jenny Holzer

b. 1950

Memorial Bench II: Eye cut by flying glass...

engraved Indian buff sandstone bench

44.1 by 182.9 by 61 cm. 17⅜ by 72 by 24 in.

Executed in 1996, this work is number 1 from an edition of 4, plus 1 artist's proof.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1996

Vienna, Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, 1996 - 2022 (long term loan)
Chicago, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Jenny Holzer: Blue, April - May 1999 (edition no. unknown)
New York, City Hall Park, Various Artists: Common Ground, May - November 2012 (edition no. unknown)
Bruton, Hauser & Wirth, Jenny Holzer: Softer Targets, July - November 2015 (edition no. unknown)
Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Jenny Holzer: Thing Indescribable, March - September 2019, n.p., illustrated in colour (installation view) (edition no. unknown)