- 214
Robert Heinecken
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Robert Heinecken
- 'Just Good Eats For U Diner (Documentary Photograms by Robert F. Heinecken)'
- 8 lithographs, letterpress title and a clear plastic menu folder
- Each photograph: 10 by 8 in. (25.4 by 20.3 cm.)
- The plastic menu case: 13 1/4 by 11 1/2 in (33.7 by 29.2 cm.)
a suite of 8 lithographs after skiagraphic photograms of bacon, tomato, cocktail sausages, and other foods, letterpress title/plate list/colophon simulating a menu, signed, dated 'Los Angeles Nov 71,' and editioned '24/100' in pencil, and with a clear plastic menu folder with reproduction of a painting inserted, 1971 (Robert Heinecken, Photographist, pl. 11; Robert Heinecken, pl. 53) (11)
Provenance
Acquired from the artist
Condition
This suite of photolithographs, the menu, and the plastic menu case with insert are all in generally excellent condition.
The plates are very occasionally bumped at the margin corners.
Plastic menu case with insert: The corners of the insert are bumped and the tip of the lower left corner is creased.
Menu: Tiny rust-colored marks are visible upon close inspection along the bottom edge.
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.
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 work represents five typical feeding times of the American middle class: Breakfast, Coffee Break, Lunch, Cocktails and Dinner were selected as the U S of A table d' hote. The original skiagraphic images were made by exposing actual foods/meals to light sensitive materials, which were then transferred to aluminum plates. . . They consist of various food/meal combinations resulting from an exploration of the aleatory nature of the printing phase. Each of the portfolios in the edition of 100 were made from the same initial set of pictures but no two prints are identical and no two portfolios contain exactly the same prints.' -Robert Heinecken