Lot 49
  • 49

Maurizio Cattelan

Estimate
400,000 - 600,000 GBP
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Description

  • Maurizio Cattelan
  • Untitled
  • black granite, structure in MDF and steel
  • 220 by 300 by 60cm.; 86 5/8 by 118 1/8 by 23 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1999, this work is from an edition of 2.

Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London

Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue: Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli - Museo d' Arte Contemporanea, Maurizio Cattelan, 1999, pp. 35-37, another example illustrated in colour

Francesco Bonami et al., Maurizio Cattelan, London 2000, pp. 10-11, another example illustrated in colour

Francesco Bonami et al., Maurizio Cattelan, London 2003, pp. 10-11, another example illustrated in colour

Francesco Bonami, Maurizio Cattelan, Milan 2006, pp. 66-67, another example illustrated in colour

Exhibition Catalogue: New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Maurizio Cattelan: All, 2011, p. 221, another example illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Visible only upon close inspection, there are a few isolated spots of wear scattered in a few isolated places along the extreme outer edges and some superficial surface dirt throughout which in keeping with the work's nature as an outdoor sculpture.
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Catalogue Note

"Carved into it are all the defeats of England’s national football team. I guess it’s a piece which talks about pride, missed opportunities and death" 

Maurizio Cattelan