Lot 290
  • 290

Vik Muniz

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Vik Muniz
  • Erotica 8 (Pictures of Silly Putty)
  • signed, dated 2001 and numbered 3/3 on a label affixed to the backing board
  • c-print
  • framed: 190 by 130.5 cm. 74 3/4 by 51 3/8 in.
  • This work is number 3 from an edition of 3.

Provenance

Galerie Xippas, Paris

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2003

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Xippas, Vik Muniz: Erotica, October - November 2001 (edition no. unknown) 

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is warmer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection reveals a small chip to the centre of the bottom edge of the frame.
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