Lot 216
  • 216

James Casebere

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • James Casebere
  • Converging Hallways From Left
  • signed on a label affixed to the reverse
  • cibachrome print mounted on aluminum
  • 47 7/8 by 65 1/2 in. 124.1 by 166.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1997, this work is number 4 from an edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Stamford, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Where: Allegories of Site in Contemporary Art, June - August 1998 (another example exhibited)
Andover, Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy; Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art, The Architectural Unconscious: James Casebere + Glen Seator, May - July 2001, p. 28, illustrated
Arles, 32es Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, July - August 2001
Winston-Salem, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art; Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland; Montréal, Musée d'Art Contemporain; Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Picture Show: James Casebere, January 2002 - August 2003 (another example exhibited)
Orlando Museum of Art, Constructed Realities: Contemporary Photography, March - May 2003 (another example exhibited)
Monaco, Grimaldi Forum, New York, New York: 50 Years of Art, Architecture, Photography, Film and Video, July - September 2006 (another example exhibited)

Literature

Craig Houser and Ellen K. Levy, "James Casebere" Contemporary Visual Arts 19, 1998, p. 70
Donna Lynas et. al., James Casebere: Asylum. Galicia, 1999, p. 63, illustrated
David Bate, "James Casebere: Surveillance and Solitude," Portfolio: The Catalogue of Contemporary Photography in Britain, 1999, p. 10
Chris Chang, Jeffrey Eugenides and Anthony Vidler, James Casebere, The Spatial Uncanny, Milan, 2001, pp. 126-7
Onkwui Enwezor, ed., James Casebere: Works 1975-2010, New York, 2011, p. 77

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The photo is mounted to an aluminum backing. There is light surface soiling throughout. There are faint, scattered surface scratches throughout and very light evidence of handling near the edges. Unframed.
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