Lot 332
  • 332

Vik Muniz

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • Barry Le Va, Omitted Section of a Section Omitted, 1969, Collection of the Artist, Installed at the Whitney Museum in "Anti-Illusion: Procedures/Materials," May 19-June 6, 1969 (from Pictures of Dust)
  • signed and dated 2000 on a label affixed to the reverse
  • c-print
  • 40 by 40 in. 101.6 by 101.6 cm.
  • Executed in 2000, this work is number 3 from an edition of 10 plus 5 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Exhibited

New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, The Things Themselves: Pictures of Dust, January - May 2001

Literature

Vik Muniz, Obra Incompleta - Incomplete Works, Rio de Janeiro, 2004, p. 239, illustrated in color
Lesley A. Martin, ed., Reflex: A Vik Muniz Primer, New York, 2005, p. 72, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. The print is mounted to board. There is very light wear at the extreme corners. Under raking light there are no apparent condition issues. Framed under Plexiglas.
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