Lot 226
  • 226

Peter Fischli & David Weiss

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Peter Fischli & David Weiss
  • Root
  • black rubber
  • 58.4 by 81.3 by 61cm.; 23 by 32 by 24in.
  • Executed in 2005, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3.

Provenance

Private Collection

Exhibited

New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Peter Fischli David Weiss: Clay and Rubber, 2009-10 (edition number unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate although the overall tonality is deeper in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. All surface irregularities are in keeping with the artist's working process and choice of media.
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Catalogue Note

“These works are not simply sculptures made of rubber, but rather true object analogies of what could be described as rubbery.”
Patrick Frey
‘The Art of Gentle Repulsion’, in: Exhibition Catalogue, London, Tate Modern, Fischli/Weiss: Flowers and Questions: A Retrospective, p. 259