Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD
Four Decades: In Celebration of AIPAD
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Vik Muniz
'Charlton Heston' (Moses) (from Pictures of Chocolate)
Lot Closed
December 21, 07:25 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Vik Muniz
b. 1961
'Charlton Heston' (Moses) (from Pictures of Chocolate)
Cibachrome print, framed, signed, titled, dated, and editioned '#AP 1/3' in ink on a Brent Sikkema, New York, label on the reverse, 1999, artist's proof no. one of 3 aside from the edition of 3
image: 58 ¼ by 45 ½ in. (148 by 115.6 cm.)
frame: 61 by 47 ¾ in. (154.9 by 121.3 cm.)
"Like most of the contemporary artists the gallery has come to handle, I was first introduced to the work of Vik Muniz as a collector. I started with a photograph from the Pictures of Chocolate series, and I've never stopped." - Edwynn Houk
Since its inception in 1977, Edwynn Houk Gallery has represented the leading figures of the Modernist movement, focusing in particular on vintage photographs from 1917-1939. Beginning with exclusive representation of Sally Mann in 1989, the gallery has expanded to serve a select group of leading contemporary photographers. Edwynn Houk has served on the Board of Directors for ADAA, Paris Photo, and AIPAD and the Selection Committees for Art Basel and Paris Photo.