Lot 188
  • 188

BRUCE NAUMAN | Untitled (Cross Beams)

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Bruce Nauman
  • Untitled (Cross Beams)
  • stamped with the artist's initials
  • cast iron, in 2 parts
  • each: 25 by 220 by 220 cm. 9 3/4 by 86 5/8 by 86 5/8 in.
  • Executed in 1983-88, this work is number 14 from an edition of 25.

Provenance

Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

New York, Castelli Graphics; Lorence Monk Gallery; Chicago, Donald Young Gallery; Los Angeles, Earl McGrath Gallery; and Santa Monica, Pence Gallery, Bruce Nauman: 1979-89, September - October 1989 (ed. no. unknown)
New York, Brooke Alexander Editions, Selected Multiples, March - May 1989, no. 175 (ed. no. unknown)
Southhampton, The Parrish Art Museum, Representing: A Show of Identities, March - April 2000 (ed. no. unknown)
Madrid, GalerĂ­a La Caja Negra, Bruce Nauman. Infrared Outtkaes, Soft Ground Etchings & Crossbeams, March - April 2012 (ed. no. unknown)
Cincinnati, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Selections from the Michael Lowe Collection, August - September 2015 (ed. no. unknown)

Literature

Christopher Cordes, Ed., Bruce Nauman Prints 1970-1989, New York 1989, p. 128, illustrated 
Neal Benezra et al., Eds., Bruce Nauman: Catalogue Raisonné, Minneapolis 1994, p. 306, no. 373, illustrated

Condition

Colour: The colours in the printed catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in Very good condition. Extremely close inspection reveals rub marks, thin scratches and burnishing in places throughout as well as some oxidation, which is in keeping with the artist's choice of medium.
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