Lot 530
  • 530

Christian Boltanski

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Christian Boltanski
  • Monument
  • each photograph is numbered respectively on the reverse
  • framed photographs, light bulbs and electrical wires
  • Overall: 64 by 45 in. 162.5 by 114.3 cm.
  • Executed in 1985.

Provenance

Galerie Carousel-Hassenut, Paris
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1986

Exhibited

New York, Hunter College, Leubsdorf Art Gallery, Objects of Desire and Devotion, January 2010 - April 2011, pp. 68-69, illustrated
Peekskill, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Circa 1986,  September 2011 - July 2012

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. The individual metal frames are tarnished, which is inherent to the medium and the artist's working method. This work is in good working order except for one individual light bulb, which has gone out and needs to be replaced. The lights are set on a dimmer, which can adjust the brightness of the bulbs accordingly.
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