FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996)

Lot 6
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Lot 6 | FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996)
Estimate value
$ 8 000 000 – 12 000 000
FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996)
Gonzalez-Torres, F.
"Untitled" (America #3)
42 light bulbs, porcelain light sockets and electrical cord
overall dimensions vary with installation
length: 504 in. (1,280 cm.)
Executed in 1992.




Provenance

Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1992



Literature

U. Moser, "Besser auf der Strabe," Kurier, 25 October 1992, p. 13 (illustrated).
A.R.T. Press, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Los Angeles, 1993, pp. 94-95 (illustrated).
J. Hofleitner, "Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Galerie Peter Pakesch," ARTFORUM, Vol. 31, No. 9, May 1993, p. 114 (illustrated).
U. Moser, "Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Republikanische Jahre," Kunstforum International, Bd. 121, 1993, pp. 441-442 (illustrated).
E. Troncy, "Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Placebo," Art Press, June 1993, pp. 32-35 (illustrated).
H. Christoph, "Die Geschichte der AUA," Profil, 29 November 1993, pp. 96-97, (illustrated).
C. Damian, "Living with Art. Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz," Artnews, May 1995, p. 88, (illustrated).
D. Elger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1997, pp. 109-110, 163, no. 210 (illustrated).
J. Ault, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Gottingen, 2016, pp. 335 and 409 (illustrated).



Exhibited

Vienna, Galerie Peter Pakesch, Felix Gonzalez-Torres. Republikanische Jahre, October-November 1992.
University of Miami, The Lowe Art Museum, Latin American Art in Miami Collections, December 1994-February 1995, p. 18 and 35, pl. 22 (illustrated).
New York, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; Santiago de Compostela, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea; Paris, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and Berlin, Kunst-Werke, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, March 1995-October 1996, p 187 and 220 (illustrated, exhibited at The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum only).
Washington, D.C., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The Smithsonian Institution, Regarding Beauty: A View of the Late Twentieth Century, October 1999-January 2000, p 126, 180-181 and 199, cat. no. 26-A (illustrated).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection, December 2009-November 2010.
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.
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.
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, Progressive Praxis, December 2016-November 2017.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Force and Form, December 2017-November 2018.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, More/Less, December 2018-November 2019.
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.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, There is Always One Direction, December 2021-November 2022.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Together at the Same Time, December 2022-November 2023.
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, House in Motion/New Perspectives, December 2023-March 2024.
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