Lot 92
  • 92

Tom Otterness

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • Tom Otterness
  • Free Money
  • incised with the artist's initials and date 99 on the left figure's foot; incised with the artist’s signature and number AP 1/3 on the base
  • bronze
  • 12 1/2 by 9 3/4 by 9 3/8 in. 31.8 by 24.8 by 23.8 cm.
  • Executed in 1999, this work is artist's proof number 1 from an edition of 9, plus 3 artist's proofs.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner 

Exhibited

New York, Marlborough Gallery; Roslyn, Nassau County Museum of Art, Tom Otterness: Free Money and Other Fairytales, April - August 2002, cat. no. 37, p. 51, illustrated in color

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of very light dust accumulation. Under close inspection, there is evidence of light oxidation to the base and a few very minor hairline surface scratches only visible under raking light.
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