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Maurizio Cattelan
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description
- Maurizio Cattelan
- 'MOTHER'
- Edition 10 of 10
- Gelatin silver print
mounted, framed, 1999, no. 10 in an edition of 10
Provenance
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, 2000, Nathalie Karg, Ltd., New York, agent
Exhibited
New York, Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, June - September 2004, and 4 other international venues through 2007 (see Appendix 1)
New York, Guggenheim Museum, Maurizio Cattelan: All, November 2011 - January 2012
New York, Guggenheim Museum, Maurizio Cattelan: All, November 2011 - January 2012
Literature
Jennifer Blessing, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection (Guggenheim Foundation, 2004), pp. 52 and 207 (this print)
Maurizio Cattelan: All (Guggenheim Foundation, 2011), p. 220, no. 70 (this print)
Maurizio Cattelan (Milan, 1999), cover (uncropped and in color) and p. 16 (color, reversed)
Maurizio Cattelan: All (Guggenheim Foundation, 2011), p. 220, no. 70 (this print)
Maurizio Cattelan (Milan, 1999), cover (uncropped and in color) and p. 16 (color, reversed)
Condition
This photograph is in essentially excellent condition. The print is mounted and front-mounted. On the reverse of the frame, there is a small printed label with credit, title, date, edition, and Buhl Collection.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
This image was part of the Maurizio Cattelan's installation at the 1999 Venice Biennale. The photograph shows an Indian fakir, whose spiritual practice involved being buried in sand with only his forearms and hands above ground. Cattelan’s Venice installation, in which his subject was buried daily for two hours at a time, was, in essence, performance art that touched upon the themes of spirituality and mortality. As they appear in Cattelan’s photograph, the fakir’s disembodied hands emerge abruptly from the earth in a prayerful gesture.
The Buhl Collection print of this image was featured in the recent retrospective of Cattelan’s work, Maurizio Cattelan: All, at the Guggenheim Museum in 2011-12.
The Buhl Collection print of this image was featured in the recent retrospective of Cattelan’s work, Maurizio Cattelan: All, at the Guggenheim Museum in 2011-12.