Contemporary Day Auction
Contemporary Day Auction
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
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)
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)