Details
VIK MUNIZ (B. 1961)
White Rose (from the Monad Series)
chromogenic print flush mounted on Dibond, in artist's frame
7458 x 9334in. (189.6 x 238.1cm.)
Executed in 2003, this work is artist's proof number one from an edition of six, plus four artist's proofs
Provenance
Elba Benitez Gallery, Madrid.
Anon. sale, Sotheby’s New York, 9 March 2010, lot 84.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Elkins, M. dos Anjos and S. Rice, Obra Incompleta: Vik Muniz, Rio de Janeiro 2004 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 284-288).
L. Martin, Reflex: A Vik Muniz Primer, New York 2005 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 129-132).
P. Corrêa Do Lago (ed.), Vik Muniz: Obra Completa 1987 - 2009, Rio de Janeiro 2009, p. 706 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 501).
Exhibited
Santiago de Compostela, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, 2003-2005 (illustrated, p. 131). This exhibition later travelled to Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art and Madrid, Fundacion Telefonica.
Sao Paulo, Galeria Fortes Vilaça, Trabalhos Monádicos e “Fotografias”, 2003 (another from the edition exhibited).
Special notice
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Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
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