Lot 478
  • 478

Richard Prince

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Richard Prince
  • Untitled (Tire Planter)
  • cast polyurethane
  • 13 1/2 by 23 by 23 in. 34.3 by 58.4 by 58.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1999.

Provenance

Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 2004

Exhibited

Kunsthalle Zurich, Richard Prince, Paintings, February - April 2002

Literature

Bernhard Mendes Burgi and Beatrix Ruf, Eds., Richard Prince Paintings, Berlin 2002, p. 57, illustrated in color
Rosetta Brooks, Jeff Rian and Luc Sante, Richard Prince, London 2003, p. 83, illustrated in color

Condition

This piece is in very good and sound condition overall. There are scattered surface abrasions on the surface of the sculpture which are inherent to the artist's working method. There is some minor adhesive residue on the surface of the base.
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