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BARBARA KRUGER (B. 1945)

Lot 30
14.05.2025 00:00UTC +01:00
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$ 500 000
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ID 1426134
Lot 30 | BARBARA KRUGER (B. 1945)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000
BARBARA KRUGER (B. 1945)
Untitled (You Are Not Yourself)
gelatin silver print, in artist's frame
overall: 72 x 49 in. (182.9 x 124.5 cm.)
Executed in 1983. This work is the artist's proof from an edition of one plus one artist's proof.




Provenance

Sprüth Magers Lee, New York
Skarstedt Fine Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

I. Wedde and G. Burke, eds., Now See Here! Art, Language and Translation, Wellington, 1990, p. 193 (illustrated).
R. Lynn, A Teacher's Introduction to Postmodernism, London, 1996, p. 109 (illustrated)
J. Pfister and N. Schnog, Inventing the Psychological: Toward a Cultural History of Emotional Life in America, Yale, 1997, pp. 19-20 (illustrated).
P. Rutherford, Endless Propaganda: The Advertising of Public Goods, Toronto, 2000, p. 275.
P. Nel, The Avant-Garde and American Postmodernity, Mississippi, 2002, p. 76.
R. Rosenbaum, "Barbara Kruger’s Artwork Speaks Truth to Power," Smithsonian Magazine, online, July 2012.
S. Gaggi, From Text to Hypertext: Decentering the Subject in Fiction, Film, the Visual Arts, and Electronic Media, Philadelphia, 2015, p. 21, pl. 6 (illustrated).
A. Vink, Postmodern Artists: Creators of a Cultural Movement, New York, 2018, p. 95.
E. del Ray, "Recording of the week: Barbara Kruger in conversation," British Library, online, 6 July 2020 (illustrated).
M. O'Grady, "Barbara Kruger Offers a Dark Mirror for Our Meme-Driven Age," The New York Times, 19 October 2020.
A. Grunberg, How Photography Became Contemporary Art: Inside an Artistic Revolution from Pop to the Digital Age, Yale, 2021, pp. 159 (illustrated).
J. Ratner-Rosenhagen, American Intellectual History: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, 2021, p. 121, pl. 10 (illustrated).
A. Sexton, "You Are Not Yourself: Barbara Kruger’s Influence on Feminist Art," The Collector, online, 15 August 2022 (illustrated).
A. M. Crowhurst, Badly Behaved Women: The History of Modern Feminism, New York, 2022, pp. 158-159 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Anina Nosei Gallery, Barbara Kruger, March 1983 (another example exhibited and illustrated on the announcement card).
Minneapolis, Walker Art Center and Los Angeles, The Hammer Museum, The Last Picture Show, September 2003-April 2004, pp. 157 and 324 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Pictures Generation: 1974-1984, April-August 2009, pp. 249 and 342 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Artist:Barbara Kruger (1945)
Art style:Contemporary art
Auction house category:Photography
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