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Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Franz West

Sitzwuste

Auction Closed

November 16, 11:16 PM GMT

Estimate

250,000 - 350,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Art House: The Collection of Chara Schreyer

Franz West

1947 - 2012


Sitzwuste

lacquered aluminum

22 ¾ by 167 by 26 ¾ in.

57.8 by 424.2 by 67.9 cm.

Executed in 2000.

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed and dated 17.12.08 by the artist.


This work will be stored and available to collect from an offsite location after the auction. Prospective buyers may contact ctpdaysale@sothebys.com with inquiries.

Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoma, Inssbruck
Private Collection, Geneva
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich
Acquired from the above in December 2018 by present owner
Innsbruck, Schlosspark Ambras, Franz West: Die Aluskulptur, June - October 2000, p. 47
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Franz West, October 2003
The Hepworth Wakefield, Franz West: Where is My Eight?, June - September 2014
Exh. Cat., The Baltimore Museum of Art (and traveling), Franz West, To Build a House You Start With the Roof, Work 1972 - 2008, October 2008 - January 2009, pp. 96-97, illustrated in color (installed at Innsbruck, Schlosspark Ambras)
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Franz West, Zurich, 2017, p. 99, illustrated in color (installed at Innsbruck, Schlosspark Ambras)
Douglas Fogle and Hannake Skerath, eds., Making Strange: The Chara Schreyer Collection, New York, 2021, p. 124, illustrated in color