Lot 147
  • 147

VARIOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS | The MOCA Photography Portfolio

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • The MOCA Photography Portfolio
  • archival pigment prints
  • Various sizes to 19 1/2  by 15 3/4  in. (49.5 by 40 cm.)
(Los Angeles: The Museum of Contemporary Art and Muse [X] Editions, 1999, an edition of 250), a portfolio of 10 digital chromogenic prints by Shirin Neshat, Lyle Ashton Harris, Renee Green, and others, each signed and editioned '30/250' and several titled and dated in ink on the reverse, 1993-99, printed in 1999; together with the title and plate list/colophon, editioned '30' in ink. Atlas folio, yellow and clear acrylic slipcase

Condition

This portfolio is in overall excellent condition. The title page is very slightly yellowed where the sheet has been in contact with a window mat. While all of the photographs are signed and editioned, only some are also dated and/or titled. The plates and further condition notes are as follows: Cindy Bernard, Location Proposal #2: Shot 11, Silverlake, June 1998 (medium view), 1998 Keith Boadwee, Untitled (Barfing Clown), 1990 Donigan Cumming, May 27, 1992, 1992 Renee Green, From "Partially Buried in Three Parts (Kent, Ohio)," 1996 Lyle Ashton Harris, Untitled (Freesia), 1998 Susan Jennings, Strangeness II (Leaf Veins/Blood), 1998 Martin Kersels, Pestering (Patty), 1999 Gail Le Boff, Bird and Bone Triptych, 1999 Shirin Neshat, I am Its Secret, 1993: A tiny piece of the upper paperply is bent in the lower right margin corner. Bruce & Norman Yonemoto, Waiting (After Reinhardt), 1999 One of the yellow acrylic pieces of the slipcase is loose.
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.
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