Lot 452
  • 452

Matthew Barney

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description

  • Matthew Barney
  • Cremaster 2: The Executioner's Song
  • signed and dated 98 on the reverse
  • laminated c-print, in acrylic frame
  • overall: 69 by 58.5cm.; 27 1/8 by 23in.
  • Executed in 1998, this work is number 2 from an edition of 40.

Provenance

Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Matthew Barney: Cremaster 2, 1999, n.p., another example illustrated in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Munich, Sammlung Goetz, Matthew Barney,  2007-08, p. 21, another example illustrated in colour
Exhibition Catalogue, Cologne, Museum Ludwig; Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney: The CREMASTER Cycle, 2002-03, p. 511, another example illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals a few faint and unobtrusive spots of wear and rubbing isolated to the extreme outer edges of the frame.
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