Lot 265
  • 265

Andreas Gursky

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Andreas Gursky
  • Beaugrenelle
  • signed on a label affixed to the backing board
  • c-print
  • image: 68 by 49.5cm.; 26 3/4 by 19 1/2 in.
  • sheet: 95.2 by 73.6cm.; 37 1/2 by 29in.
  • Executed in 1988, this work is number 4 from an edition of 12.

Provenance

303 Gallery, New York 

Fenton Fine Arts, Fort Worth

Sale: Sotheby's London, Contemporary Art, 21 October 1999, Lot 7

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Robert Miller Gallery, About Painting, Part I, 1997 (edition no. unknown)

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue: Hamburg, Deichtorhallen; Amsterdam, De Appel Foundation, Andreas Gursky: Fotografien 1984-1993, 1994, p.66, another example exhibited and illustrated in colour

Time Out New York, 31 July - 7 August 1997, p. 41, another example illustrated

Exhibition Catalogue: Krefeld, Kunstmuseum; Stockholm, Moderna Museet; Vancouver, Art Gallery, Andreas Gursky Works 80-08, 2008-09, p. 76, another example exhibited and illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet might be slightly and evenly discoloured.
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