Felix González-Torres

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Description

Félix González-Torres
Untitled (Elegance)
signed, dated 1987 and inscribed For John con mucho cariño + lots of sensitivity NYC 1987 and stamped with the artist's stamp on the reverse of the backing board; signed, titled and dated 1987 on a label affixed to the interior of the backing board
photostat on paper
8 1/4 by 10 1/4 in. 27.3 by 22.2 cm.
Executed in 1987, this work is number 1 from an edition of 2, with 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Collection John Lindell, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Inter Latin American Gallery, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, March - April 1988, n.p., illustrated
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, March - May 1995, p. 108, illustrated
Paris, Museé d'Art Moderne, Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Girlfriend in a Coma), April - June 1996, p. 108, illustrated

Literature

Charles Reeve, "Felix Gonzalez-Torres," Parachute, October - December 1995, p. 62
Dietmar Elger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1997, cat. no. 5, p. 20, illustrated