Lot 441
  • 441

Louise Lawler

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
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Description

  • Louise Lawler
  • Combien Pour Ce Chapeau? (Combien Pour Ce Chapeau?, Musée Jules Verne, Nantes, 1987, An Old Hat)
  • (i) signed, dated 1987 and variously inscribed on the reverse
    (ii) signed, dated 1987 and variously inscribed on the reverse
    (iii) signed, dated 1987 and variously inscribed on the reverse
  • black and white photographs, in three parts
  • each 50.6 by 60.9cm.; 20 1/4 by 24in.
  • Executed in 1987, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5 and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Provenance

Metro Pictures, New York
Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Saint-Etienne, Maison de la Culture Saint-Etienne, Louise Lawler, 1987, p. 20, illustrated
Indianapolis, Museum of Art; Akron, Akron Art Museum; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Art, Power: Its Myths and Mores in American Culture, 1961-1991, 1992, another example exhibited
Cologne, Ludwig Museum, Louise Lawler: Adjusted, 2013, p. 82, illustrated in colour

Literature

Johannes Meinhardt, Louise Lawler: An Arragement of Pictures, New York 2000, n.p., illustrated
Vicki Goldberg, "Ironic Icons", American Photo, Vol. XXIII, no. 3, September 1989, p. 79, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although there are no green or yellow undertones in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheets undulate very lightly.
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