Lot 430
  • 430

Vik Muniz

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 USD
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Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • Cage
  • signed, titled, dated 1995, numbered 5/5 and inscribed the wire pictures
  • toned gelatin silver print
  • 20 by 15 7/8 in.
  • 50.8 by 40.4 cm.

Provenance

Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 1997 

Exhibited

Paris, Centre National de la Photographie; Paris, Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Mission Mécénat; Paris, Galerie Xippas, Vic Muniz, November 1999 - January 2000, cat. p. 35 (another example exhibited)

Literature

James Elkins, Moacir dos Anjos, Shelley Rice, Obra Incompleta: Vik Muniz: Incomplete Works, Rio de Janeiro, 2004, p. 141 (another example illustrated)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall; there are no surface scratches visible under raking light. Affixed to the mat with photo corners. Framed under Plexiglas.
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