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Richard Artschwager
Estimate
700,000 - 900,000 USD
bidding is closed
Description
- Richard Artschwager
- Interior (West)
- each signed, titled and dated 73 on the reverse
- acrylic on Celotex in artist's chosen frames, in 2 parts
- 99 3/4 by 75 7/8 in. 253.4 by 192.7 cm.
Provenance
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC #200)
Collection of Richard Benedek, New York (acquired from the above in 1973)
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC #200)
Saatchi Collection, London (acquired from the above in 1980)
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 2006, Lot 19
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Collection of Richard Benedek, New York (acquired from the above in 1973)
Leo Castelli Gallery, New York (LC #200)
Saatchi Collection, London (acquired from the above in 1980)
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Sotheby's, New York, 10 May 2006, Lot 19
Acquired from the above sale by the present owner
Exhibited
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Richard Artschwager, November - December 1973
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Düsseldorf, Staadtische Kunsthalle, Richard Artschwager, January 1988 - November 1989, cat. no. 76, p. 117 (incorrectly titled Interior [North]), illustrated in color
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Artificial: Contemporary Figures, January - March 1998, p. 27, illustrated in color
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Los Angeles, Museum of Contemporary Art; Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez; Paris, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou; Düsseldorf, Staadtische Kunsthalle, Richard Artschwager, January 1988 - November 1989, cat. no. 76, p. 117 (incorrectly titled Interior [North]), illustrated in color
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Artificial: Contemporary Figures, January - March 1998, p. 27, illustrated in color
Literature
Jean-Christophe Ammann, Art of Our Time: The Saatchi Collection, Vol. 2, London and New York, 1984, pl. 15, illustrated in color
Condition
This work is in very good condition overall. Please contact the Contemporary Art Department at +1 212 606 7254 for a professional condition report prepared by Modern Art Conservation. Framed in artist's frames.
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
"Photos give you a stupid, unassailable truth. Drawings give you the touch. Painting gives you physical/mental invasion. I want it all."
-Richard Artschwager
-Richard Artschwager