Lot 184
  • 184

Matthew Barney

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Matthew Barney
  • Cremaster 2: The Ballad of Gary Gilmore
  • c-print, in self-lubricating artist's frame
  • overall: 135 by 109cm.; 53 1/8 by 43in.
  • Executed in 1999, this work in number 2 from an edition of 6.

Provenance

Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Galleria Raucci/Santamaria, Naples
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner in 2001

Exhibited

Naples, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, People: Volti, Corpi e Segnie Contemporanei dalla Collezione di Ernesto Esposito, 2006, p. 22, illustrated in colour
Vienna, Centre Pasquart, Out of Art, 2007
Bologna, Museo Mambo, Cara Domani: Opere dalla Collezione Ernesto Esposito, 2012, p. 14, illustrated in colour

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Matthew Barney: Cremaster 2, 1999, n.p., another example illustrated
Exhibition Catalogue, Cologne, Ludwig Museum; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle, 2002-03, pp. 204 and 465, another example illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the tonality of the frame is warmer and deeper in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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