The Emily Fisher Landau Collection: An Era Defined | Online Auction

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THE EMILY FISHER LANDAU COLLECTION: AN ERA DEFINED

Glenn Ligon

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Lot Closed

December 15, 06:49 PM GMT

Estimate

15,000 - 25,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Glenn Ligon

b. 1960


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each signed in pencil and dated '93 (lower right); numbered 22/45 (lower left)

the complete set of nine etchings with chine collé on Arches Cover paper

plates: 21⅝ by 15½ in. (55 by 39.5 cm.)

sheets: 28 by 21 in. (70.9 by 53.2 cm.)

Executed in 1993; this set is number 22 from the edition of 45 plus ten artist's proofs, each with the blindstamp of the printer, Burnet Editions, co-published by the artist and Max Protetch.

(9 prints)

Max Protetch Gallery, New York

Acquired from the above in January 1994 by the present owner

Phyllis Rosenwig, Glenn Ligon: To Disembark (Directions series), Washington, D.C., 1993, p. 1, illustrated in color

New York, Max Protetch Gallery, Glenn Ligon: Recent Work, 23 October - 20 November 1993

Washington, D.C., Hirschhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Glenn Ligon: To Disembark (Directions Series), 11 November 1993 - 20 February 1994

Santa Monica, Ruth Bloom Gallery, Project Room: Glenn Ligon 'Runaways' and 'Narratives', 14 April - 22 May 1994

New York, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Literary Devices, 11 October 2014 - 15 March 2015

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