Lot 355
  • 355

Marc Quinn

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Marc Quinn
  • Fear of fear
  • incised with the artist's name, date 94 and number 4 on the lower interior edge
  • cast lead and iron nails
  • 30 by 18 1/2 by 15 1/2 in. 76.2 by 47 by 39.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1994, this work is number 4 from an edition of 5.

Provenance

Private Collection

Exhibited

London, Tate Britain, Art Now: Marc Quinn: Emotional Detox, July - August 1995 (another exampled exhibited)

Literature

Exh. Cat., New York, Marc Quinn Incarnate, 1998, cat. no. 21, n.p., illustrated 

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. All elements are intact. There are faint surface scratches and scuffs throughout. There is light flaking to the lead interior supports and hairline cracking along the seams. Light surface soiling is evident. The variation to the surface texture is inherent to the artist's working method.
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