BILL VIOLA (1951-2024)

Lot 311
01.10.2024 00:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 311 | BILL VIOLA (1951-2024)
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BILL VIOLA (1951-2024)
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color video diptych on two plasma displays
overall: 81 ½ x 24 ¾ x 9 in. (207 x 63 x 22.5 cm.)
each monitor: 40 ½ x 25 x 4 ¼ in. (103 x 63 x 10.8 cm.)
Executed in 2001. This work is number one from an edition of six.




Provenance

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owners, 2001



Literature

Bill Viola: The Passions, exh. cat., Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003, pp. 45, 135-139, 209 and 273 (another example illustrated).
Bill Viola, Hatsu-Yume, First Dream, exh. cat., Tokyo, Mori Art Museum, 2006, pp. 139-141 (another example illustrated).
F. Nayeri, "2 Artists, 500 Years Apart, Asking the Same Spiritual Questions," New York Times, 24 January 2019, digital (another example illustrated in an installation image).



Exhibited

London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Bill Viola - New Work, May-July 2001.
Venice, Il Biennale Internazionale dell'Arte, June-November 2001 (another example exhibited).
Florence, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Bill Viola: Electric Renaissance, March-July 2017 (another example exhibited).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Bill Viola/Michelangelo: Life Death Rebirth, January-March 2019 (another example exhibited).



Further Details

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
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