Lot 253
  • 253

OLAFUR ELIASSON | The fault series

Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 GBP
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Description

  • Olafur Eliasson
  • The fault series
  • signed and dated 2001 on a label affixed to the reverse of the lower right print
  • c-print, in 32 parts
  • each: 60 by 40 cm. 23 1/2 by 15 3/4 in.
  • overall: 261.9 by 374 cm. 103 1/8 by 147 1/4 in.
  • Executed in 2001, this work is number 1 from an edition of 6.

Provenance

neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Reykjavik, Reykjavik Art Museum, Frost Activity, January - April 2004, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Madrid, Fundación Telefónica, Caminos de Naturaleza (Nature's Pathways) – Photo España, June - August 2006 (ed. no. unknown)

Literature

Daniel Birnbaum, Madeleine Grynszteijn and Michael Speaks, Eds., Olafur Eliasson, New York 2002, p. 56, illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Munich, Lenbachhaus München, Sonne statt Regen, 2002, n.p., illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)
Exh. Cat., Houston, Menil Foundation, Olafur Eliasson: Photographs, 2004, n.p., illustrated (ed. no. unknown)
Olafur Eliasson and Anna Engberg-Pedersen, Eds., Studio Olafur Eliasson. An Encyclopedia, Cologne 2008, pp. 154-55, illustrated in colour (ed. no. unknown)

Condition

Colour: The colour in the catalogue illustration is fairly accurate, although the overall tonality is slightly deeper and richer in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition.
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