Lot 39
  • 39

TARYN SIMON | WARITH HABIB ABDAL125th Street, Harlem, New York, where Abdal grew up as "Vincent Jenkins"Abdal converted to Islam and changed his name in prisonServed 17 years of a 20-to-life sentence

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Taryn Simon
  • WARITH HABIB ABDAL125th Street, Harlem, New York, where Abdal grew up as "Vincent Jenkins"Abdal converted to Islam and changed his name in prisonServed 17 years of a 20-to-life sentence
  • signed on the reverse
  • c-print mounted on aluminium
  • 122 by 157.5 cm. 48 by 62 in.
  • Executed in 2002, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5.

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition. Close inspection in raking light reveals a few unobtrusive handling marks and unobtrusive surface scratches in isolated places.There are a few small surface irregularities in places towards the upper right corner.
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