Lot 221
  • 221

Urs Fischer

Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Urs Fischer
  • Boy with Tongue
  • incised with the artist's signature, dated 2014 and numbered 1/2 on a label affixed to the underside
  • cast bronze
  • 92 by 46 by 41 cm. 36 1/2 by 18 1/8 by 16 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 2014, this work is number 1 from an edition of 2, plus 1 artist's proof.
cast bronze

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Urs Fischer, April - May 2014

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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Catalogue Note

“I am more a sculptor, more than anything else. The life of a sculpture is different. It goes through many procedures and labour. A big part of sculpture is the metamorphosis of material. Somehow, as a material, working in clay is similar to oil painting. It is not stable in form, it is malleable and you can be very fast.”

URS FISCHER

in conversation with Alain Elkann in: ‘Interview with Urs Fischer’, Alain Elkann Interviews, 2015, online