Lot 438
  • 438

Maurizio Cattelan

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Maurizio Cattelan
  • Hollywood
  • cibachrome print face-mounted to Plexiglas
  • 68 7/8 by 154 3/4 in. 175 by 393 cm.
  • Executed in 2001, this work is from an edition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Provenance

Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Form Follows Fiction, October 2001 - January 2002, pp. 3-4, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Literature

Heinz Peter Schwerfel, "Kunst unter Schock," Art, das Kunstmagazin, March 2002, no. 3, pp. 18-19, illustrated in color
Francesco Bonami, Nancy Spector, Barbara Vanderlinden and Massimiliano Gioni, Maurizio Cattelan, New York, 2003, p. 186, illustrated in colour
"Art and Its Markets: A Roundtable Discussion," ArtForum International, April 2008, Vol. XLVI, no. 8, p. 297, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of wear and handling to the corners and edges of the frame, most noticeably to the left half of bottom edge. There are scattered scratches on the surface of the Plexiglas, which are only visible under raking light. Face-mounted to Plexiglas and framed.
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