Lot 129
  • 129

DAMIÁN ORTEGA | Elote clasificado

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Damián Ortega
  • Elote clasificado 
  • chromogenic print on Fujicolor Crystal Archive paper, in 4 parts 
  • Each: 13 7/8 by 11 1/8 in. 35.3 by 28.2 cm.
  • Executed in 2005, this work is number 2 from an edition of 5 with 2 APs.

Provenance

kurimanzutto, Mexico City
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2005

Condition

This work is in fair condition overall. Each of the prints is sunned, and the colors have faded overall. Each print presents tape remnants on the reverse. The fourth print in the sequence presents two intersecting tears in the paper in the upper right quadrant in the upper segment of the corn, measuring 1 1/4 and 1/2 inches in length, respectively. Under raking light, a deep horizontal scratch with attendant loss to the emulsion measuring 4 inches in length is visible in the upper center quadrant of the work. Framed.
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