Lot 285
  • 285

Matthew Barney

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Matthew Barney
  • Cremaster 1: Goodyear Manual
  • signed, dated '99 and numbered 6/6 on the reverse
  • petroleum jelly and enamel paint on Smithsonian magazine in prosthetic plastic frame
  • 9 1/2 by 13 1/4 by 2 in. 24.1 by 33.7 by 5.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1999, this work is number 6 from an edition of 6 plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above in May 2001

Literature

Exh. Cat., Cologne, Museum Ludwig; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle, June 2002 - June 2003, pp. 164 and 510, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. All of the elements are well intact. There is a very minor soft crease in the corners of the magazine. There is some very light soiling and a few very faint scuff to the artist's made frame.
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