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Lot 164
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Nam June Paik

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Nam June Paik
  • TV Rodin (Le Penseur)
  • signed and numbered 3/12 on the base
  • bronze sculpture, video camera, tripod and TV monitor
  • statue: 37.5 by 19 by 26cm.; 14 3/4 by 7 1/2 by 10 1/4 in.
  • overall: 132 by 110 by 50cm.; 52 by 43 3/8 by 19 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1976-8, this work is number 3 from an edition of 12.

Provenance

Produzentengalerie, Hamburg
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Toni Stoos and Thomas Kellein, Eds., Nam June Paik: Video Time - Video Space, New York 1993, p. 59, illustration of another example

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition and full working order. Very close inspection reveals a few minor and unobtrusive spots of wear to the extreme outer edges of the plinths and in isolated places to the figure.
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