Francis Alÿs

Mexico City Triptych

Auction Closed

November 19, 09:47 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Groundbreaking: Works from the Collection of John Kaldor

Francis Alÿs

b. 1959

Mexico City Triptych

i. signed F.Alÿs, dated 1995 and inscribed JUAN GARCIA (on the reverse); ii. signed Francis Alÿs, dated 1995 and inscribed emilio Rivera (on the reverse); iii. signed F. Alÿs and dated Mex, D.F. 1995 (on the reverse); iv. signed F.Alÿs, dated 1995 and inscribed ENRIQUE HUERTA (on the reverse)

i, ii, iv. oil on metal; iii: oil on canvas stretched over panel

overall: 64 1/4 by 105 in.

163.2 by 266.7 cm.

Executed in 1995.

ACME, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2001

Theodora Vischer, ed., Francis Alÿs: Sign Painting Project, Basel, 2011, cat. no. C03.2.1, C03.2.2, C03.2.3, C03.2.4, pp. 150 and 151, illustrated in color