Lot 129
  • 129

Rebecca Horn

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Rebecca Horn
  • La Ruota del Pavone, Vibrazione (The Peacock Wheel, Vibration)
  • titled and variously inscribed on the inside of the glass panel; signed and dated 81 on the steel frame
  • steel, glass and violin bow
  • 70 by 100 by 18cm.; 27 1/2 by 39 3/4 by 7in.

Provenance

Private Collection, Italy

Exhibited

Bolzano, Museo d' Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Sound: Formen und Farben des Klanges/Forme e Colori del Suono, 1993

Condition

This work is in good and original condition. There are signs of oxidisation in places to the steel frame, notably to the corners. One of the strings of the bow is loose. Some dust fibre has accumulated in the box.
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