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OLAFUR ELIASSON (B. 1967)
Jokla Series
signed 'Olafur Eliasson' (on a label affixed to the reverse of one of the elements)
chromogenic print in artist's frame, in forty-eight parts
each: 141⁄8 x 211⁄4in. (36 x 54cm.)
overall: 987⁄8 x 1811⁄8in. (251 x 460cm.)
Executed in 2004, this work is number five from an edition of six
Provenance
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2007.
Literature
O. Eliasson, ‘Jökluserían’ in Lesbók Morgunblaðsins, 12 May 2005, p. 3 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 2; detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 4-99).
R. Roberts (ed.), MoMA Highlights since 1980, 250 Works from The Museum of Modern Art New York, New York 2007 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 215).
A. Engberg-Perderson (ed.), Studio Olafur Eliasson: An Encyclopedia, Cologne 2008 (installation view of another example illustrated in colour, p. 198).
M. Ratcliffe (ed.), Olafur Eliasson: Det indre af det ydre, Copenhagen 2008 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 122; detail of another from the edition illustrated, p. 123).
O. Eliasson, Olafur Elliason: Contact is content, Berlin 2014 (detail of another from the edition illustrated in colour, unpaged).
Exhibited
Girona, Centre Cultural de Caixa Girona-Fontana d'Or, La naturalesa de les coses, 2008 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, pp. 164 and 165).
Madrid, Galería Elvira González, Kepler Was Wrong, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited).
Aarlborg, KUNSTEN - Museum of Modern Art Aarlborg, Olafur Eliasson, Den trekantede himmel og Lava floor, 2013, p. 30 (another from the edition exhibited; installation view of another from the edition illustrated in colour, pp. 26-29).
Guangzhou, Hualong Agriculture Grand View Garden, Olafur Eliasson: We Have Never Been Disembodied, 2015 (another from the edition exhibited).
Seoul, Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Olafur Eliasson: The Parliament of Possibilities, 2016 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated in colour, unpaged; installation view of another from the edition illustrated in colour, unpaged).
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