Lot 57
  • 57

Cosima von Bonin

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Cosima Von Bonin
  • Rorschachtest #3
  • inscribed NEXT WEEK WE'VE GOT TO GET ORGANIZED in embroidery
  • sewn thread and linen on cotton
  • 113 7/8 by 92 in. 289.2 by 233.7 cm.
  • Executed in 2006.

Provenance

Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, Cosima von Bonin: Relax, It's Only a Ghost, June - July 2006
Kassel, Documenta XII, June - September 2007
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roger and Out, September - January 2008
St. Louis, Kemper Art Museum, Cosima von Bonin, May - July 2011

Literature

Jerry Saltz, "Cash, Clowns and Carnival," The Village Voice, June 22, 2006, illustrated
Thomas Wagner, ed., "Der Kunstsommer als gigantische Dampfscaschine," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 5, 2007, p. 40
Holger Liebs, ed., "Boudoir und Baumarkt," Feuilleton, June 16, 2007, p. 15

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There are two discolored ring marks located at the top right and at the bottom right of the white form in the center. Framed.
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