Lot 44
  • 44

Vik Muniz

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • Envelope (The Sarzedo Drawings)
  • signed and dated 2002 on a label affixed to the backing board
  • toned gelatin silver print
  • 40 by 50 in. 101.6 by 127 cm.
  • Executed in 2002, this work is number 1 from an edition of 10 plus 5 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Brent Sikkema, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

James Elkins, Vik Muniz: Incomplete Works, Rio de Janeiro, 2004, p. 254, illustrated in color
Pedro Corrêa do Lago, Vik Muniz: Obra Completa 1987-2009, Rio de Janeiro, 2009, p. 442, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. Under raking light there are no surface scratches. Framed under Plexiglas. This work was not examined out of its frame.
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