Lot 208
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BRUCE NAUMAN | Small Volume of Shadowless Light

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
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Description

  • Bruce Nauman
  • Small Volume of Shadowless Light
  • signed with the artist's initials, titled, dated 1968 and variously inscribed
  • pencil and crayon on card
  • 54.2 by 78 cm. 21 1/4 by 30 3/4 in.

Provenance

Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Nicholas Wilder, Los Angeles
Carter Burden, New York
Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 16 May 1980, Lot 604
Private Collection, United States
Sotheby's, New York, 2 November 1994, Lot 243
Private Collection, Europe
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Colour: The colour in the printed catalogue is fairly accurate, although the paper tone is slightly lighter and brighter in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. The sheet is hinged verso to the backing board in numerous places. Very close inspection reveals signs of historic framing along all four edges, most notably to the extreme lower edge. Further very close inspection reveals very fine creases throughout, one of which has a tiny associated tear to the upper right hand corner tip.
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