Lot 125
  • 125

Vik Muniz

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • Broken Evidence
  • one signed and inscribed
  • gelatin silver prints in artist's frames, in five parts
  • largest overall: 25 1/8 by 19 in. 63.9 by 48.3 cm.
  • smallest overall: 8 1/8 by 6 1/8 in. 20.6 by 15.5 cm
  • Executed in 1989.

Provenance

Stux Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

Pedro Correa do Lago, ed., Vik Muniz: Obra Completa 1987-2009, Rio de Janiero, 2009, p. 97, illustrated in color

Condition

The work is in good condition apart from minor rippling to a some of the sheets. A few areas of minor staining on the reverse of the print measuring 21 by 17 inches, not visible on the recto. An area of tiny pin head sized ochre colored stains upper left on the largest print.
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