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FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996)

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Lot 13 | FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996)
Gonzalez-Torres, F.
"Untitled"
silver-plated brass, in two parts
overall: 16 ½ x 33 in. (41.9 x 83.8 cm.)
Executed in 1995. This work is the fourth artist's proof from an edition of twelve plus four artist's proofs.




Provenance

Gift of the artist to the present owner



Literature

The Print Collector's Newsletter, vol. 27, no. 1, March/April 1996, p. 29.
D. Elger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1997, p. 140, no. 280 (another example illustrated).
L. G. Corrin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, London, 2000, pp. 12 and 27 (another example illustrated).
J. Ault, ed., Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Gottingen, 2006, pp. 186-187 (another example illustrated).
N. Spector, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: America, New York, 2007, p. 41.
M. Bowman, “On Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Specific Objects without Specific Form.” Rebus 5, Summer 2010, p. 5.
E. Filipovic, ed., Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Specific Objects Without Specific Form. London, 2016, pp. 144-45 and 204.
D. Getsy, and J. Ledesma. Queer Abstraction. Des Moines Art Center, 2019, p. 13 (illustrated).
A. Seresin, "How I learned to Stop Worrying & Love the Couple Form" Spike Art Magazine, Spring 2022, p. 85 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Amsterdam, Bloom Gallery, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Douglas Gordon, Dan Graham, Michael Joo, Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, Juan Muñoz, Daniel Oates, February-March 1996 (another example exhibited).
Museé d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Felix Gonzalez-Torres (Girlfriend in a Coma), April-June 1996 (another example exhibited).
New York, Lehmann Maupin, Patrick Painter Editions, October-November 1997 (another example exhibited).
London, 11 Duke Street, After Life I, May-July 2000 (another example exhibited).
London, Serpentine Gallery, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, June-July 2000, pp. 12 and 25 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Frankfurt, Museum MMK für Moderne Kunst, Paare [Couples]: Gilbert & George and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, September 2000-March 2001, pp. 46-47 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Miami, Bass Museum of Art, globe>Miami<island, December 2001-February 2002 (another example exhibited).
New York, Art Resources Transfer, Chapter V, August 2002 (another example exhibited).
New York and Paris, Giraud Pissarro Segalot, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Perfect Lovers, May-June 2002 (another example exhibited).
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Constructing a Poetic Universe: The Diane and Bruce Halle Collection of Latin American Art, March-June 2007, p. 98 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Berkeley Art Museum, MATRIX /REDUX, March-July 2008 (another example exhibited).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2009-November 2010.
Brussels, Wiels Contemporary Art Centre; Basel, Fondation Beyeler and Frankfurt, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Specific Objects without Specific Form, January 2010-April 2011, pp. 144 and 418, nos. 1.1, 2.1, 2.2 and 3.1 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2010-November 2011.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2011-October 2012.
Salt Lake City, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Battleground States, October 2012-January 2013 (another example exhibited).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2012-October 2013.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2013-November 2014.
The Contemporary Austin and New York, FLAG Art Foundation, A Secret Affair: Selections from the Fuhrman Family Collection, May 2014-May 2015 (another example exhibited).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Beneath the Surface, December 2014-November 2015.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, You've Got to Know the Rules to Break Them, December 2015-November 2016.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Force and Form, December 2017-November 2018.
New York, Luxembourg & Dayan, Kiss Off, February-April 2018 (another example exhibited).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, More/Less, December 2018-November 2019.
New York, Leo Castelli Gallery, Dot, Point, Period: A Curated Installation by Joseph Kosuth, April-July 2019 (another example exhibited).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, From Day to Day, December 2019-September 2020.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, A Possible Horizon, September 2020-November 2021.
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Felix Gonzalez-Torres: The Politics of Relation, March-September 2021 (another example exhibited).
Berkeley Art Museum, Present Tense: Five Centuries of Colonialism in Latin American and Caribbean Art, April-June 2021 (another example exhibited).
Berlin, Sammlung Hoffmann, Do the Dance, September 2021-October 2022 (another example exhibited).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, There Is Always One Direction, November 2021-November 2022.
Berkeley Art Museum, The Artist’s Eye: Tammy Rae Carland, David Huffman, Lava Thomas, John Zurier, March-July 2022, p. 6 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Together, at the Same Time, November 2022-November 2023.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, House in Motion / New Perspectives, December 2023-March 2024.
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