Lot 101
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LAWRENCE WEINER | MORTAR STONE AND SUCH SET AS A MEANS OF BLOCKING THE INEVITABLE SLIDE OF THE LAND BACK INTO THE SEA

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Lawrence Weiner
  • MORTAR STONE AND SUCH SET AS A MEANS OF BLOCKING THE INEVITABLE SLIDE OF THE LAND BACK INTO THE SEA
  • LANGUAGE + MATERIALS REFERRED TO
  • dimensions variable
  • First exhibited in 1986, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and is listed as catalogue #549 (1986).

Provenance

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in January 1990 

Exhibited

New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, Some Objects... Lawrence Weiner, October - November 1986
Vancouver, Galerie T.O.O, Mortar Stone and Such, 1989

Condition

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