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Lot 430
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Matthew Barney

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description

  • Matthew Barney
  • Cremaster 4: The Isle of Man

  • each signed and numbered 1/3 on the reverse

  • c-prints in self-lubricating and prosthetic plastic frames, in 5 parts
  • Left to Right: 16 1/2 by 15 by 1 1/2 in. 42 by 38 by 3.8 cm.; 27 1/2 by 33 1/2 by 1 1/2 in. 70 by 84.5 by 3.8 cm.; 33 1/2 by 27 1/2 by 1 1/2 in. 84.5 by 70 by 3.8 cm.
  • 27 1/2 by 33 1/2 by 1 1/2 in. 70 by 84.5 by 3.8 cm.; 16 1/2 by 15 by 1 1/2 in. 42 by 38 by 3.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1994, this work is number 1 from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Christie's, New York, November 13, 2002, lot 2
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above sale)
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Regen Projects, Matthew Barney: Portraits from Cremaster 4, November - December 1994 (another example exhibited)
Paris, Fondation Cartier, Matthew Barney: Cremaster 4, March - April 1995, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Munich, Sammlung Goetz, Matthew Barney-Tony Oursler-Jeff Wall, July 1996 - January 1997, p. 14, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Cologne, Museum Ludwig; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle, June 2002 - May 2003, pp. 334-335 and 349, three central works illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are scattered liquid accretions on the surface of the photograph as well as on the self lubricating frames. Otherwise there are no apparent condition problems with this work.
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Catalogue Note

"The Cremaster cycle tries to take on a cinematic language that I had not dealt with before. I wanted to see how this sculptural project, which is what it is, could align itself with the cinematic form, and still come out as sculptural. " - Matthew Barney, 2002