Lot 134
  • 134

OLAFUR ELIASSON | Yellow Doughnut

Estimate
70,000 - 90,000 GBP
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Description

  • Olafur Eliasson
  • Yellow Doughnut
  • stainless steel and neon tubes
  • 43 by 135 by 135 cm. 17 by 53 1/8 by 53 1/8 in.
  • Executed in 2002.

Provenance

Brändström & Stene, Stockholm
neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Olafur Eliasson. Your Lighthouse: Works with Light 1991-2004, May - September 2004, p. 143, no. 101 (text)

Literature

Anna Engberg-Pederson, Ed., Olafur Eliasson Studio. An Encyclopedia, Cologne 2016,  p. 82, illustrated in colour (model)
Anna Engberg-Pederson, Ed., Olafur Eliasson Experience, London 2018, pp. 172-77, illustrated in colour (model)

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate. Condition: This work is in very good condition and full working order. Very close inspection reveals some tiny scuffs and media accretions in isolated places to the neon tubing.
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