Lot 574
  • 574

Rachel Whiteread

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Rachel Whiteread
  • Untitled (Transparent Mattress/Bed)
  • titled; signed with the artist's initials and dated 92 on the reverse
  • enamel and ink on graph paper
  • 16 1/2 by 11 3/4 in. 41.9 by 29.8 cm.

Provenance

Aurel Scheibler, Cologne
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Longing and Memory, June - September 1997

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. There is a slight undulation to the sheet which is inherent to the medium and the artist's working method. The sheet is hinged to the backing board intermittently along the edges. Framed under glass.
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