Lot 13
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WALID RAAD | BEY82_Soldiers_II (Untitled Series 1982-2007)

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description

  • Walid Raad
  • BEY82_Soldiers_II (Untitled Series 1982-2007)
  • archival colour inkjet print 
  • 114.3 by 172.5cm.; 45 by 68in.
  • Executed in 1982-2007, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5, plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2011

Condition

Condition: This work is in very good condition. Colour: The catalogue illustration is very accurate.
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Catalogue Note

"Raad acknowledges the power of photography’s claim to veracity within his own formative training, even while he debunks the fiction of photography’s impartiality." Eva Respini cited in: Exh. Cat., New York, MoMA, Walid Raad, 12 October - 31 January 2015, p. 31.