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BERNAR VENET | 225.5˚ Arc x 5
Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 USD
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Description
- Bernar Venet
- 225.5˚ Arc x 5
- stamped with the title
- rolled steel
- 88 1/2 by 86 1/2 by 20 3/4 in. 224.8 by 219.71 by 52.3 cm.
- Executed in 2006.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Condition
This work is in good and sound condition overall. Please contact the Contemporary Art Department at (212) 606-7254 for a condition report written by Aleesha Ast and Brendan Adams. This work is being offered for sale from the catalogue. Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby's Contemporary Art Department with inquiries or for an appointment to view the work. The purchaser shall be responsible for collecting or shipping the artwork from its current location.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
"In 1966 Bernar Venet went to New York for the first time [...] Later in the year he moved there for good. What convinced him was a kind of revelation which occurred at the Whitney Museum of American Art [...] He attended an exhibition of contemporary American sculpture. This was 'The Jean and Howard Lipman Collection,' including works by Donald Judd [...] Venet remembers keenly the 'shock' of the work [...] which forced him to the surprising realization that 'my intentions were closer to those of the American artists than to the Europeans.' It was specifically the work of Minimal artists he was referring to, with their insistence no industrial inexpressiveness and their focus on the surface rather than the interior, in a rejection of implied depths in favor of a perceived and present surface." Thomas McEvilley, Bernar Venet, Bern 2002, p. 19
This work is registered in the artist's archives under inventory number bv06s22.
This work is being offered for sale from the catalogue. Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department with inquiries or for an appointment to view the work. The purchaser shall be responsible for collecting or shipping the artwork from its current location.
This work is registered in the artist's archives under inventory number bv06s22.
This work is being offered for sale from the catalogue. Prospective buyers may contact Sotheby’s Contemporary Art Department with inquiries or for an appointment to view the work. The purchaser shall be responsible for collecting or shipping the artwork from its current location.