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Jenny Holzer

Memorial Bench II: Eye cut by flying glass...

Lot Closed

March 23, 02:14 PM GMT

Estimate

200,000 - 300,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Jenny Holzer

b. 1950

Memorial Bench II: Eye cut by flying glass...


incised with the artist's signature and numbered 1/4 on the underside

Indian buff sandstone

44.1 by 182.9 by 61 cm. 17.3 by 72 by 24 in.

Executed in 1996, this work is number 1 from an edition of 4.

Please note this lot will be sent to Greenford Park Warehouse immediately after the auction.

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1996

Vienna, Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst/Gegenwartskunst, 1996 - 2022 (long term loan)
Chicago, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Jenny Holzer: Blue, April - May 1999 (edition no. unknown)
New York, City Hall Park, Various Artists: Common Ground, May - November 2012 (edition no. unknown)
Bruton, Hauser & Wirth, Jenny Holzer: Softer Targets, July - November 2015 (edition no. unknown)
Bilbao, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Jenny Holzer: Thing Indescribable, March - September 2019, n.p., illustrated in colour (installation view) (edition no. unknown)