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The Bruce High Quality Foundation
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description
- The Bruce High Quality Foundation
- New Great Wall Kitchen Service Window (In Memory of Buddy Love)
- printed images, dollar bill, bubble gum, maneki-neko, mixed media and Plexiglas vendor's window
- 80 by 140 by 25cm.; 31 1/2 by 55 by 9 7/8 in.
- Executed in 2008.
Provenance
DUVE Gallery, Berlin
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner
Exhibited
Berlin, DUVE Gallery, The Great Wall, 2008
Condition
Colour:
The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although fails to convey the kinetic nature of the maneki-neko.
Condition:
This work is in very good condition. All surface irregualrities are in keeping with the artists choice found materials and process, and the maneki-neko is in full working order.
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"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. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
'The Bruces' are an anonymous mock-conglomerate-corporate collective based in Brooklyn, bringing classic Hans Haack-esque strategies of institutional critique to a whole new and entertaining level. First exhibited at DUVE Gallery in Berlin, during The Bruce High Quality Foundation’s seminal exhibition The Great Wall, the present work uses the familiar motif of the American Chinese take-out restaurant window as a vessel to comment on utopian neo-liberal aspirations to globalization and pluralism, which arguably disregard any kind of public nourishment issues.