Ghetto Collector

FRANCIS ALŸS (B. 1959)
Ghetto Collector
signed, numbered and dated '95/99 F. Alÿs 03' (on the inside of the tin door)
tin, magnets, plastic string and rubber wheels
6¹⁄₈ x 9¹⁄₈ x 4⁷⁄₈in. (15.5 x 23.2 x 12.5cm.)
Executed in 2003, this work is number ninety-five from an edition of ninety-nine

Parkett Editions, Zurich/New York.
Private Collection.
Anon. sale, Phillips New York, 10 March 2007, lot 191.
Private Collection, Belgium (acquired at the above sale).
Thence by descent to the present owner.

This lot is offered without reserve.
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