Lot 342
  • 342

RICHARD ARTSCHWAGER | Chair (Miles)

Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • Richard Artschwager
  • Chair (Miles)
  • signed, titled, dated 2000 and numbered 1/4 on the underside
  • acrylic, paper and gloss on wood
  • 39 1/4 by 21 1/2 by 17 in. 99.7 by 54.6 by 43.2 cm.
  • Executed in 2000, this work is number 1 from an edition of 4, plus 1 artist's proof.

Provenance

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner in May 2002

Exhibited

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Richard Artschwager, April - May 2002, n.p., illustrated in color
Bignan, Centre d'Art Contemporain du Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Richard Artschwager, June - September 2003, p. 198 (text), p. 136, illustrated in color

Literature

Grace Glueck, "Art in Review; Richard Artschwager," The New York Times, 26 April 2002, p. 90 (text)

Condition

This work is in very good condition overall. Close inspection reveals some handling and wear to all corners and edges. Upon very close inspection and raking light, there is some creasing to the seams, most likely to be inherent. Further close inspection reveals paper skinning in intermittent places running along the lower edges of the sculpture, most notably to the back and the left areas.
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