Lot 318
  • 318

Christopher Williams

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Christopher Williams
  • Nikkor W 300mm f5.6 with No. 3 Shutter, 1:5.6, Product Aperture f/64, Product Number 780612, Large Format Camera Lens. Photography by the Douglas M. Parker Studio, Los Angeles, California. August 2, 2005
  • signed, titled, dated 05 and numbered AP on the reverse
  • gelatin silver print
  • 16 by 20 in. 40.6 by 50.8 cm.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist

Exhibited

Cologne, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Christopher Williams, September - October 2005 (another example exhibited)
Vienna, Secession, Christopher Williams & Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij, November 2005 – January 2006, illustrated (another example exhibited)
New York, David Zwirner, Christopher Williams: For Example: Dix-Huit Leçons Sur La Société Industrielle (Revision 4), January - March 2006 (another example exhibited)
Karlsruhe, Meyer Riegger, Into a Journey, November – December 2006 (another example exhibited)
Kunsthalle Zürich, Christopher Williams 97,5 Mhz*,  August - October 2007, illustrated on the cover (another example exhibited)
Bergen Kunsthall, Norway, Christopher Williams, January - February 2010, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, For Example: Dix-Huit Leçons Sur La Société Industrielle (Revision 11), June - August 2010 (another example exhibited)

Condition

This work is in excellent condition overall. The print is window matted and held to the backing board by photo corners. Under raking light there are no visible surface scratches. Framed under Plexiglas.
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