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Tacita Dean
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Tacita Dean
- Czech Photos
326 gelatin silver prints and wooden box
- each: 7.7 by 10.7cm.; 3 by 4 1/4 in.
- Executed in 1991-2002, this work is number 3 from an edition of 6.
Condition
Colours: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate.
Condition: This work is in very good condition.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
Tacita Dean first exhibited at the ICA as part of New Contemporaries in 1992. Following this she was included in the three-person exhibition
Mise en Scene, 1994, alongside Virginia Nimarkoh and Claude Cahun– the surrealist photographic portraits of the latter influenced Dean's work for the exhibition.
Czech Photos, 1991/2002, documents a journey to Prague which Dean undertook in the early 90s. The work features three hundred
photographs by the artist, images which follow her distracted gaze as it roams over details of the city – people, façades, windows, roads, bars and woods – and which form a document of Prague shortly after the Velvet Revolution, and before its economic and social reorientation. The images are placed in a box, and the viewer is invited to sit and sift through them.
Mise en Scene, 1994, alongside Virginia Nimarkoh and Claude Cahun– the surrealist photographic portraits of the latter influenced Dean's work for the exhibition.
Czech Photos, 1991/2002, documents a journey to Prague which Dean undertook in the early 90s. The work features three hundred
photographs by the artist, images which follow her distracted gaze as it roams over details of the city – people, façades, windows, roads, bars and woods – and which form a document of Prague shortly after the Velvet Revolution, and before its economic and social reorientation. The images are placed in a box, and the viewer is invited to sit and sift through them.