Lot 618
  • 618

Rachel Whiteread

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Rachel Whiteread
  • Untitled (twenty-four switches)
  • incised with the artist's initials, date '98 and number 18/24 on the reverse
  • cast aluminum
  • 10 1/4 by 8 by 2 3/8 in. 26 by 20.3 by 6 cm.

Provenance

Luhring Augustine, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in 1999

Exhibited

London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Rachel Whiteread, October 1998 - January 1999, p. 13, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Condition

This work is in excellent and sound condition overall. The small imperfections in the surface of the piece appear inherent to the artist's working method. Unframed.
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