Lot 293
  • 293

Martin Kippenberger

Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
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Description

  • Martin Kippenberger
  • Kippenblinky
  • resin, smoking pipes, matches, cigarette butts, wood, electrical wiring and glass
  • 69 1/4 by 16 by 16 in. 175.9 by 40.6 by 40.6 cm.
  • Executed in 1991, this work is a unique variant from a series of 9 works.

Provenance

Skarstedt Gallery, New York

Exhibited

Braunschweig, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Martin Kippenberger: Multiples, February - May 2003, cat. no. 64, pp. 19 and 108, illustrated in color
Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art, Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, September 2008 - January 2009, n.p., illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Condition

This work is in good condition overall. The electrical elements are in good working order and are fitted for a European outlet. There are light scattered scratches to the base. The resin appears to have darkened slightly with time.
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