Lot 545
  • 545

Jenny Holzer

Estimate
300,000 - 400,000 USD
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Description

  • Jenny Holzer
  • Red Tilt
  • double-sided electronic signs with stainless steel housing, in 6 parts
  • each: 130 5/8 by 5 3/8 by 4 in. 331.7 by 13.7 by 10.2 cm.
  • Executed in 2002.

Provenance

Sprüth & Magers, Cologne
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007

Exhibited

Goslar, Mönchehaus Museum, Jenny Holzer, October 2002
Madrid, Galería Javier López, Jenny Holzer - Dan Flavin, February - March 2004

Condition

This work is in very good and sound condition overall. All electrical elements are in good working order. There is evidence of some minor handling and a few scattered, faint surface scratches to the stainless steel housing. The electrical outputs are in European format. Please contact Max Moore, Specialist in the Contemporary Art Department, for any further inquiries.
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

“The poetics come from poetry by others, not from myself, but what I can contribute is something like a visual poetics that can have to do with the color, the pauses, and the omissions.” Jenny Holzer