Contemporary Art | New York
Contemporary Art | New York
Works to Benefit The Watermill Center
ROBERT LONGO | UNTITLED (MEN IN THE CITIES)
Lot Closed
July 17, 04:09 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Lot Details
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Works to Benefit The Watermill Center
ROBERT LONGO
b. 1953
UNTITLED (MEN IN THE CITIES)
analog silver gelatin prints, printed from black and white negative, in three parts
Each Sheet: 20 by 16 in. (50.8 by 40.6 cm.)
Each Framed: 25½ by 19¼ in. (64.7 by 48.8 cm.)
Executed in 1979 and printed 2009, this work is number 1 from an edition of 10.
Courtesy of the artist and Metro Pictures, New York
Crimp, Douglas, Pictures. S’ Approprier La Photographie. New York, 1979-2014, Le Point du Jour, Cherbourg-Octeville, France 2016 , p. 175
Sherman, Cindy and Richard Price, Robert Longo: Men in the Cities, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich 2012 , pp. 25, 34 & 35
Mixed Use Manhattan: Photography and Related Practices, 1970s to the Present, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid & The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts 2010, pp. 46-47
Sotheby’s is excited to announce a curated grouping of artworks to benefit the Watermill Center. The Watermill Center is a laboratory for the arts and humanities, established in 1990 in Water Mill, New York, by theater artist Robert Wilson. For 30 years, Watermill has been a site for artist residencies, exhibitions, and education, with a focus on emerging international artists. In 2016, The Watermill Center initiated the Inga Maren Otto Fellowship, which includes among its alumni: Carrie Mae Weems, Tania Bruguera, Shaun Gladwell, Anne Carson, and Barthelemy Toguo. The Watermill Center welcomes over 200 artists for residencies each year, and offers free educational programming to students from the local communities of Long Island. The Center's research library, art collection, and gardens are free and open to the public.