DAVID HAMMONS (B. 1942)

Price Realised USD 3,500

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The Holy Bible: Old Testament

DAVID HAMMONS (B. 1942)

Price Realised USD 3,500

DAVID HAMMONS (B. 1942)
The Holy Bible: Old Testament
signed and numbered 'David Hammons II' (on the contents page)
book with leather-bound cover and case
13 ¼ x 10 ½ x 2 ³⁄₈ in. (34.9 x 26.8 x 6 cm.)
Executed in 2004. This work is number two from an edition of 165.

PROVENANCE
Gift of the artist to the present owner

EXHIBITED
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Book/Shelf, March-July 2008 (another example EXHIBITED).

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David Hammons humor and irreverence (or reverence) is apparent in this quasi ready-made sculpture. The artist has rebound Arturo Schwarz’s The Complete Works of Marcel Duchamp and re-titled it The Holy Bible: The Old Testament. Another example of this book resides in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art, in New York, and hasbeen exhibited there multiple times, notably at an altar where visitors are encouraged to kneel.