Contemporary Curated

Urs Fischer

Cioran Handrail

Monumental Item

Auction Closed

March 11, 09:01 PM GMT

Estimate

60,000 - 80,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Urs Fischer

b. 1973

Cioran Handrail

epoxy resin, pigment, enamel paint, wire, and aluminum

138 by 339 by 49 in.

350 by 860 by 125 cm.

Executed in 2006, this work is number 1 from an edition of 2, plus 1 artist's proof.

Photographer: Mats Nordman

This work is being offered for sale from an offsite location and is not at Sotheby’s York Avenue location. Prospective buyers may contact ContemporaryCuratedNY@sothebys.com with inquiries. Please note that the successful purchaser must use Sotheby’s shipping services for collection and delivery after the auction at the buyer’s expense.

Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Alex Zachary, Urs Fischer: Shovel in a Hole, New York, 2009, p. 330-331 (another example illustrated)
Ulrich Lehmann and Jessica Morgan, Urs Fischer, Kiito-San, 2013, pp. 278, 280-283 (another example illustrated) (ilustratedin bck endpapers)

Los Angeles, Regen Projects, Agnes Martin, 2007-08 (another example exhibited)
Athens, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, A Guest + A Host = A Ghost: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, 2009 (another example exhibited)
Long Island City, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Defamation of Character, 2006-07
Greenwich, The Brant Foundation, Remembering Henry's Show: Selected Works 1978-2008, 2009
New York, New Museum, Skin Fruit: Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, 2010, (another example exhibited)
Venice, Palazzo Grassi, Madame Fisscher, 2012
Geneva, Musée d’art et d’histoire, Urs Fischer: False Friends, Selections from the Dakis Joannou Collection, 2016 (another example exhibited)
Athens, Deste Foundation, Anti-Structure, 2021 (another example exhibited)