Lot 506
  • 506

Martin Kippenberger

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Martin Kippenberger
  • Disco Bomb
  • mirrored disco ball and synthetic hair wig
  • 14 3/4 by 12 by 12 in. 37 by 28 1/2 by 28 1/2 cm.
  • Executed in 1989, this work is from a series of 9 plus 3 artist's proofs, each uniquely colored.

Provenance

Barbara Balkin Fine Arts, Chicago
Private Collection, France

Exhibited

New York, Sotheby's S|2, In the Round, April 2013, cat. no. 36, p. 78-79, illustrated in color

Literature

Exh. Cat., Anvers, Museum van Haedendaagse Kunst (and travelling), Kippenberger Multiples, Catalogue Raisonné, 2003, p. 51, illustrated in color
Exh. Cat., Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art (and travelling), Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, 2009, illustrated on the cover

Condition

This work is in good and sound condition overall. Some of the mirror fragments on the disco ball appear to have small losses and discoloration.
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