Lot 508
  • 508

LOUISE LAWLER | I-O

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Louise Lawler
  • I-O
  • signed, dated 1993/1998 and numbered 1/5 on the reverse
  • Cibachrome mounted on board
  • 19 1/4 by 23 3/8 in. 48.9 by 59.4 cm.
  • Executed in 1993-1998, this work is number 1 from an edition of 5.

Provenance

Metro Pictures, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Dia:Beacon, Louise Lawler and Andy Warhol: In and Out of Place, May 2005 - April 2006 (another example exhibited)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Louise Lawler: WHY PICTURES NOW, April - July 2017, p. 182, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Literature

Louise Lawler, An Arrangement of Pictures, New York 2000, n.p., illustrated in color
Louise Lawler and Douglas Crimp, "Prominence Given, Authority Taken," Grey Room, No. 4, Summer 2001, p. 76, illustrated

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light scattered dust across the surface and evidence of very minor wear along the edges. Unframed.
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