Lot 295
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PETER FISCHLI & DAVID WEISS | Napf - Dog Dish

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Description

  • Fischli & Weiss
  • Napf - Dog Dish
  • cast rubber
  • 4 by 11 1/8 by 11 1/8 in. 10.2 by 28.3 by 28.3 cm.
  • Executed in 1987, this work is from an edition of 6.

Provenance

Sonnabend Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Exhibited

Kunsthaus Zürich, Stiller Nachmittag: Aspekte Junger Schweizer Kunst, September - November 1987, p. 64, illustrated (another example exhibited)
Frankfurt, Portikus, Peter Fischli/David Weiss: Objekte aus der Gummi-Serie, September - October 1988, n.p., illustrated
Malmö, Rooseum, What is Contemporary Art?, June - July 1989, cat. no. 2, p. 28, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, Peter Fischli and David Weiss: In a Restless World, May - August 1996 (another example exhibited)
Saratoga Springs, The Frances Young Teaching Museum and Art Gallery; Columbus, Wexner Center; Milwaukee Art Museum, From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection, June 2002-May 2003, pp. 78-79, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Nîmes, Le Carre d'Art; Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Sculpture de Derain à Sechas; Collection du Centre Pompidou, Musée National d'art moderne, May - August 2003, p. 102, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Lausanne, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Private View 1980-2000: Collection Pierre Huber, June - September 2005, p. 149, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
London, Tate Modern; Kunsthaus Zürich; Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Peter Fischli & David Weiss: Flowers & Questions - A Retrospective, October 2006 - February 2008, pp. 259-60 and 358, text (another example exhibited)
New York, Skarstedt, Fischli & Weiss: Rubber Sculptures, September - October 2008 (another example exhibited)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Peter Fischli and David Weiss: Clay and Rubber, October 2009 - January 2010 (another example exhibited)
New York, Guggenheim Museum, Peter Fischli & David Weiss: How to Work Better, February - April 2016, p. 123, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Literature

Pier Luigi Tazzi, "Peter Fischli and David Weiss," Artforum, Summer 1987, p. 132 (text)
G. Celant, "Fischli/Weiss: in appearance", Parkett, no. 17, 1988, p. 42, illustrated
Michael Wilson, "Peter Fischli and David Weiss: Matthew Marks Gallery," Time Out New York, 10-16 December 2009, p. 48 (text)

Condition

This work is in good and sound condition overall. There is evidence of handling and wear to the surface of the work, including scattered scuffs, abrasions and very small areas of losses to the surface.
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