Lot 133
  • 133

Bruce Nauman

Estimate
7,000 - 11,000 GBP
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Description

  • Bruce Nauman
  • Studies for Holograms a-e (Cordes 1-5)
  • lithograph
  • each sheet: approx. 660 by 660mm 26 by 26in
The set, comprising five screenprints in colours, 1970, each signed in ball-point pen, dated, plates 'a', b' and 'e' numbered 64/150, 'c' and 'd' numbered 65/150, on Kromekote paper, published by Castelli Graphics, New York, each framed

Condition

The full sheets, generally in good condition, except the yellow slightly attenuated, pale discoloration at the sheet edges and verso, a soft ripple throughout each sheet, occasional nicks at the sheet edges (mostly at corners), occasional soft handling creases and minor surface scuffs are visible in a raking light, each framed. Further imperfections in the individual plates are: plate 'b' with one soft handling crease breaking the printed surface slightly, plate 'c' with a small skinned patch at the upper sheet edge and a few thin vertical printing defects at left and lower portion of the image, 'e' with a few broken creases visible on close inspection.
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