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Lot 346
  • 346

Jonathan Meese

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jonathan Meese
  • Hagen von Tronje
  • incised with the title, artist's initials and date 07
  • painted bronze and marble base with wooden plinth
  • sculpture and base: 70 by 60 by 35cm.; 27 1/2 by 23 5/8 by 13 3/4 in.
  • plinth: 110 by 60 by 35.2cm.; 43 3/8 by 23 5/8 by 13 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 2007, this work is from an edition of 3 plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Upstairs, Berlin
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Berlin, Upstairs, Mythos - Matrix des Weltbildes, 2005
The Hague, GEM Museum of Contemporary Art, Jonathan Meese: Totalzelbstportrait, 2011-12, p. 135, illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the illustration fails to fully convey the green patina of the bronze head. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are a few very light rub marks to the metal disk at the centre on the front of the sculpture.
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