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The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden

Bruce Nauman

Double Poke in the Eye II

Auction Closed

November 17, 10:15 PM GMT

Estimate

400,000 - 600,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Collection of Geraldine and Harold Alden

Bruce Nauman

b. 1941


Double Poke in the Eye II

neon and white aluminum box

24 by 36 by 10 in.

61 by 91.4 by 25.4 cm.


Executed in 1985, this work is artist's proof B from an edition of 40, plus 8 artist's proofs lettered A-H.

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above in May 1996 by the present owner
Jeanne Silverthorne, "To Live and to Die," Parkett, no. 10, Zurich 1986, p.16, illustrated (another example illustrated)
Neal Benezra, Bruce Nauman Catalogue Raisonné, Minneapolis 1995, no. 333, p. 294, illustrated (another example illustrated)
Eugen Blume, Bruce Nauman, Berlin, 2010, no. 41, pp. 136 and 212, illustrated in color
Peter Plagens, Bruce Nauman: The True Artist, New York, 2014, pp. 196-197, illustrated in color (another example illustrated)
Cologne, Daniel Bucholz Gallery, Multiples, 1987
New York, Josh Baer Gallery, Schizophrenia, 1987
Syracuse, Everson Museum of Art; Cincinnati, Contemporary Arts Center; New York, I.B.M. Gallery of Science and Art; Miami, Center for the Fine Arts, Digital Visions: Computers and Art, 1987-1988
Cleveland Museum of Art, Illuminations: The Art of Light, 1987
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Art Against AIDS, 1987
Indianapolis Center for Contemporary Art, Herron Gallery, Welcome Back, Painting, Sculpture and Works on Paper by Contemporary Artists from Indiana, 1988
New York, Kent Gallery, Altered States, 1988
Montreal, La Cité des Arts et des Nouvelles Technologies de Montréal, Images du Futur, 1988
New York, Brooke Alexander Editions, Selected Prints, 1989
Chicago, Donald Young Gallery; Los Angeles, Earl McGrath Gallery; Santa Monica, Pence Gallery, Bruce Nauman: 1970-89, 1989
Los Angeles, Marc Richards Gallery, Multiples, 1989
St. Louis, Washington University Gallery of Art, Steinberg Hall, Bruce Nauman: Light Works, 1993
Ridgefield, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art & The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, Bruce Nauman: 1985-1996, Drawings, Prints and Related Works, 1997-1998, pp. 38-39, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
New York, United States Mission to the United Nations, Art in Embassies, 2000 (another example exhibited)
New York, Marianne Boesky Gallery, Penetration, 2002 (another example exhibited)
Milwaukee Art Museum; Indianapolis Museum of Art; North Miami, Museum of Contemporary Art; Seattle, University of Washington, Henry Art Gallery; Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal; Victoria, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art; South Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery, Elusive Signs: Bruce Nauman Works with Light, 2006-2008, no. 69, p. 78, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Venice, U.S. Pavilion at the Giardini della Biennale, Bruce Nauman: Topological Gardens, 2009, no. 3, p. 116, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)
Tel Aviv, United States Embassy in Tel Aviv, Art in Embassies, 2009 (another example exhibited)
Denver Art Museum, Focus: The Figure, 2008-2011 (another example exhibited)
Denver Art Museum, BLINK! Light, Sound and Moving Image, 2011 (another example exhibited)