Lot 448
  • 448

Vik Muniz

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, after Sebastian Pether (Pictures of Pigment)
  • signed and dated 2007 on a label affixed to the reverse

  • chromogenic print
  • 40 1/8 by 59 1/2 in. 101.6 by 152.4 cm.
  • Executed in 2007, this work is number 1 from an edition of 6 plus 4 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Sao Paulo
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

São Paolo, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Vik Muniz, July - September 2010 (another example exhibited)

Literature

Pedro Corrêa do Lago, ed., Vik Muniz: Obra Completa, 1987-2009 - Catálogo Raisonné, Rio de Janeiro, 2009, p. 605, illustrated in color

Condition

This work appears in excellent overall condition. There are no condition problems with this work. Framed under Plexiglas.
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