Lot 329
  • 329

Jenny Holzer

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Jenny Holzer
  • Jaw Broken (Brown)
  • signed and dated 2006 on the overlap of the fifth panel; each consecutively numbered on the overlap
  • oil on linen, in 5 parts
  • Each: 33 by 25 1/2 in. 83.8 by 64.8 cm.
  • Overall: 33 by 127 1/2 in. 83.8 by 323.9 cm.

Provenance

Cheim & Read, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 2006

Exhibited

New York, Cheim & Read, Jenny Holzer, Redaction Paintings, May - June 2006, pp. 68-71, illustrated in color (panels 2-5 only)

Condition

This work appears in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light wear and handling at the edges and fine craquelure at the pull margins. Under ultra violet light inspection, there is no evidence of restoration. Each is unframed
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