Lot 192
  • 192

Bill Viola

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Bill Viola
  • Man of Sorrows
  • video on flat panel plasma display
  • monitor: 49.3 by 38.2 by 15cm.; 19 3/8 by 15 by 5 7/8 in.
  • duration: 16.5 minutes
  • Executed in 2001, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5, plus 2 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London

Private Collection

Exhibited

London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Bill Viola: Five Angels for the Millenium and Other New Works, 2001

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue: Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum; London, The National Gallery; Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, Bill Viola: The Passions, 2003, pp. 105 and 271, illustration of another example in colour

Ronald Bernier, The Unspeakable Art of Bill Viola: A Visual Theology, Eugene 2014, p. 56, no. 6, illustration of another example in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition and in full working order.
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