Lot 208
  • 208

WOLFGANG TILLMANS | Conquistador III

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Wolfgang Tillmans
  • Conquistador III
  • signed on a label affixed to the backing board
  • c-print mounted on Forex
  • 76 by 58 in. 193 by 147.3 cm.
  • Executed in 2000, this work is number 1 from an edition of 1, plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2000

Exhibited

Deicthtorhallen Hamburg; Turin, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea; Paris, Palais de Tokyo; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebæk, Wolfgang Tillmans - View from Above, September 2001 - January 2003, p. 52, illustrated in color
Basel, Fondation Beyeler, Wolfgang Tillmans, May - October 2017, p. 117, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Literature

Exh. Cat., London, Tate Britain, Wolfgang Tillmans: If One Thing Matters, Everything Matters, 2003, cat. no. 2000-003, p. 190, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The print is mounted on Forex. Only visible under very close inspection, there are a few, very faint, unobtrusive surface scratches and some minor dust accumulation. This work was not examined out of its frame. Framed in artist's frame.
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