Lot 246
  • 246

Vik Muniz

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • Bouquet, After Henri Matisse (From Pictures of Magazines)
  • signed and dated 2004 on a label accompanying the work
  • c-print mounted on aluminum
  • 55 7/8 by 40 1/8 in. 142 by 102 cm.
  • Executed in 2004, this work is artist's proof number 1 from an edition of 6 plus 4 artist’s proofs.

Provenance

Galeria Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo
Private Collection
Phillips de Pury & Company, London, October 17, 2009, lot 298
Acquired by the present owner from the above sale

Literature

Pedro Corrêa do Lago, et. al., Vik Muniz, Obra Completa, 1987-2009, Catálago Raisonné, Rio de Janeiro, 2009, p. 482, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The sheet is mounted to aluminum. There is some very light wear along the extreme edges of the print, not visible when framed. Framed under Plexiglas.
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