Lot 148
  • 148

Lawrence Weiner

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 GBP
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Description

  • Lawrence Weiner
  • Gold Enough to Tip the Balance
  • signed, numbered #520 and dated 1985 on the certificate
  • LANGUAGE + THE MATERIALS REFERRED TO
  • dimensions variable
  • Conceived in 1985.

Provenance

Konrad Fisher Gallery, Düsseldorf
Marzona Collection, Germany
Patrick Florizoone, Belgium
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2000

Exhibited

Düsseldorf, Konrad Fischer, 5 Sculptures, 1985 
Rivoli, Castello di Rivoli, 1987
Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bilefeld, Concept Art/ Minimal/ Arte Povera/Land Art, 1990, p.217, illustrated

Condition

This work exists as a site-specific installation and needs to be refabricated according to the artist's instructions at the new owner's costs.
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