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Barbara Kruger
Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
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Description
- Barbara Kruger
- Untitled (Your Fact is Stranger than Fiction)
- black and white photograph, in artist's frame
- 73 1/4 by 49 in. 186 by 124.6 cm.
- Executed in 1983, this work is the artist's proof from an edition of 1, plus 1 artist's proof.
Provenance
Skarstedt Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005
Literature
Roberta Smith, "Art: 'Media Post Media,' A Show of 19 Women", The New York Times, 1988, p. 2
Condition
This work is in excellent condition overall. There is evidence of light handling to the corners of the artist's frame with some minor and unobtrusive associated pinpoint losses at the bottom two corners. Framed in artist's frame under Plexiglas.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"Pictures and words seem to become the rallying points for certain assumptions. There are assumptions of truth and falsity and I guess the narratives of falsity are called fictions. I replicate certain words and watch them stray from or coincide with the notions of fact and fiction." Barbara Kruger