Lot 93
  • 93

Vik Muniz

Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
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Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • Haystack After Monet #2 (from Pictures of Color)
  • signed and 2001 on a label affixed to the reverse
  • cibachrome print
  • 122 by 182.8cm.; 48 by 82in.
  • Executed in 2001, this work is number 6 from an edition of 10.
numero 6/10

Provenance

Brent Sikkema, New York
Private Collection
Christie's, London, Post-War & Contemporary Art, 20 October 2004, Lot 161
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Literature

Pedro Corrêa do Lago, ed., Vik Muniz: Obra Completa, 1987-2009, Catálogo Raisonné, Rio de Janeiro 2009, p. 456, another example illustrated in colour

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Very close inspection in raking light reveals a short, shallow and unobtrusive surface scratch towards the centre of the composition.
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