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Richard Prince
Estimate
150,000 - 200,000 USD
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Description
- Richard Prince
- Untitled (Three Women's Hands with Gloves)
- Ektacolor print, in 3 parts
- Each: 15 3/4 by 23 1/2 in. 40 by 59.6 cm.
- Executed in 1980, this work is from an edition of 10.
Provenance
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above
Exhibited
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Richard Prince, May - July 1992, p. 26, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Richard Prince, June - September 1994, cat. no. 3, n.p., illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Basel, Museum für Gegenswartkunst, Richard Prince: Photographs, December 2001 - February 2002
Hannover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Richard Prince, June - September 1994, cat. no. 3, n.p., illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Basel, Museum für Gegenswartkunst, Richard Prince: Photographs, December 2001 - February 2002
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There are scattered soft abrasions to the surface. There are chromatic nuances (white spots) which appear are inherent to the original source image. There is a pinpoint spot of discoloration which is presumably from the emulsion, located 6 ¾ in. from the right edge and 8 in. from the bottom edge of print 1. There is a fine scratch located 1 ½ in. from the right edge and 4 in. from the bottom edge of print 2 which is presumably inherent to the source image. There is a 1 ½ in. abrasion located 1 in. from the bottom edge and 7 in. from the right edge, which is presumably inherent to the source image. The prints are hinged along the top edges to an acid-free mat with rag tape on the verso. Each work is framed.
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.
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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.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
Prince's photographs oscillate provocatively between the utterly familiar and the eerily strange. And it is only by virtue of their "normalcy," to use the artist's own term, that the images can disarm, or even shock their viewers...The uncanny emerges from the disjunction between the everydayness of the subject matter and the hyperreal effects of its (re)presentation.
Nancy Spector (Richard Prince, New York, 2008, p. 32).