Lot 408
  • 408

Marc Quinn

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Marc Quinn
  • Cloneddd Morphology
  • glass and silver, in eighteen parts
  • smallest: 4 by 8.5 by 8.5cm.; 1 1/2 by 3 3/8 by 3 3/8 in.; largest: 26 by 100 by 27cm.; 10 1/2 by 39 3/8 by 10 1/2 in.
  • overall dimensions variable; approximately: 25 by 249 by 147cm.; 10 by 98 by 57 7/8 in.
  • Executed in 1998, this work is from an edition of 3.

Provenance

White Cube, London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 1998

Literature

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Marc Quinn: Incarnate, 1998, no. 48, illustration of another example in colour
Rome, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Marc Quinn, 2006, p. 44, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals some very light and unobtrusive surface scratches and superficial rubmarks isolated in places. There is some light oxidisation to one of the medium-sized elements. Visible only upon extremely close inspection, there are some tiny losses to the extreme tips of two of the medium-sized elements.
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