- 12
Anish Kapoor
Estimate
18,000 - 25,000 USD
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Description
- Anish Kapoor
- Wounds and Absent Objects [Eight Works]
- each signed and numbered 6/12 on the reverse
- pigment transfer print on paper
- Each Sheet: 18 1/2 by 21 7/8 in. 47 by 55.6 cm.
- Executed in 1998, these works are number 6 from an edition of 12, plus 5 artist's proofs published by The Paragon Press, London.
Executed in 1998, this work is from an edition of 12 plus 5 artist's proofs.
Provenance
The Paragon Press, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner in August 1998
Acquired from the above by the present owner in August 1998
Literature
Jeremy Lewison, Contemporary Art in Print 1995-2000, London 2001, pp. 136-145, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of minor wear and handling along the edges of the sheets. This portfolio consists of eight of the nine pigment transfer prints and is accompanied by its original buckram-covered wooden box with title and colophon pages. Framed in temporary exhibition frames. This work will be offered unframed.
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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
"The void has many presences. Its presence as fear is towards the loss of self, from a non-object to a non-self. The idea of being somehow consumed by the object, or in the non-object, in the body, in the cave, in the womb, etc. I have always been drawn to a notion of fear, towards a sensation of vertigo, of falling, of being pulled inwards. This is a notion of the sublime which reverses the picture of union with light. This is an inversion, a sort of turning inside-out. This is a vision of darkness. Fear is a darkness of which the eye is uncertain, towards which the hand turns in hope of contact, and in which only the imagination has the possibility of escape." - Anish Kapoor in "Homi Bhabha and Anish Kapoor: A Conversation" in Exh. Cat., Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Anish Kapoor, 1993, p. 59