Lot 90
  • 90

Marcel Broodthaers

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Marcel Broodthaers
  • Theorie des Figures (Theory of Figures)
  • gelatin silver prints mounted on board with tape, in arist's frame

  • 29 1/4 by 46 1/4 in.
  • 74.3 by 117.5 cm.
  • Executed in 1972.

Provenance

Nigel Greenwood Gallery, London
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Minneapolis, Walker Art Center; Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles; Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art; Brussels, Palais des Beaux Arts, Marcel Broodthaers, April 1989 - June 1990

Condition

This work is very good condition overall. There are extensive losses to the painted frame. The photographs and tape are entirely intact. There is pale time staining to the upper center of the painted backing board. Framed under glass.
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