Lot 380
  • 380

Andres Serrano

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Andres Serrano
  • Piss Christ
  • cibachrome print
  • 40 by 30 in. 101.6 by 76.2 cm.
  • Executed in 1987, this work is number 10 from an edition of 10.

Provenance

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Winston-Salem, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Pittsburgh, Carnegie-Mellon University Art Gallery; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Awards in the Visual Arts #7, May 1988 - June 1989, p. 115, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art; New York, The New Museum of Contemporary Art; Miami, Center for the Fine Arts; Houston, Contemporary Art Museum; Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art, Andres Serrano: Works 1983-1993, November 1994 - February 1996, p. 63, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Artium; L'Hospitalet, Centre Cultural Metropolita, Andres Serrano: El dedo en la llaga, June 2006 - January 2007, n.p., illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
New York, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Andres Serrano: Shit, September - October 2008 (another example exhibited)

Literature

Brian Wallis, Andres Serrano: Body and Soul, New York, 1995, n.p., illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is a pinpoint circular abrasion in the photograph located 5 inches from the top edge and 4 ¾ inches from the left edge. Otherwise, there are no apparent condition problems with this work. Framed under Plexiglas.
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