ID 1336450
Lot 856 | FELIX GONZALEZ-TORRES (1957-1996)
Estimate value
$ 200 000 – 300 000
"Untitled" (Sand)
portfolio of eight photogravures on Somerset Satin paper in silk covered archival box
each image: 6 ¼ x 9 1/8 in. (15.8 x 23.1 cm.)
each sheet: 12 ½ x 15 ½ in. (30.4 x 39.4 cm.)
Executed in 1994. This work is number seven from an edition of twelve plus six artist's proofs.
Provenance
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1994
Literature
C. Merewether, “Felix Gonzalez-Torres: El pasado por venir,” Atlantica International, Winter 1994-1995, p. 41 (detail of another example illustrated).
T. Folland, “In the Field at Margo Leavin,” Art Issues, January 1995, p. 44.
C. Chapman, “Personal Effects: On Aspects of Work by Felix Gonzalez-Torres,” BROADsheet, Spring 1996, p. 17.
L. Ericsson, “om det Verkliga - fran Datum till Constructum,” Index, March/April 1996, p. 73 (detail of another example illustrated).
D. Elger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres Catalogue Raisonné, Ostfildern-Ruit, 1997, p. 132, no. 264 (another example illustrated).
B. Arning, “a/drift,” World Art 13, 1997, p. 75.
V.P. Hoyningen-Huene, “Wissensfortschritt? Fortschritt der Skepsis,” Du Magazin, October 1997, pp. 1.18 and 1.36 (another example illustrated).
C. Merewether, “A Lasting Impression,” Trace: The Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool, 2000, pp. 164-171.
J. Ault, ed., Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Gottingen, 2006, pp. 221-223 (another example illustrated).
K. Rosenberg, “Modern Photography in a Brand-New Space,” The New York Times, 28 September 2007, n.p.
K. Johnson, “A Celebration of Sand in Vast Quantities or One Grain at a Time,” The New York Times, 11 July 2008, p. E32.
B. Genocchio, “Celebrating the Beach, Whether in Paint or Sand,” The New York Times, 27 July 2008, n.p.
B. Luca, Teatro del Sogno Da Chagall A Fellini, Milan, 2010, pp. 192-193 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Museum of the City of St. Petersburg, Julie Sylvester Editions/St. Petersburg: Editions by Mike Kelley, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Richard Prince, Sue Williams, David Salle, July 1994 (another example exhibited).
Los Angeles, Margo Leavin Gallery, In the Field: Landscape in Recent Photography, October-November 1994 (another example exhibited).
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, March-May 1995, pp. 33, 88, 114-115, 138, 180 and 196 (another example exhibited, illustrated and illustrated on the cover).
Munich, Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Roni Horn, May-October 1995, pp. 44-45 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Annandale-on-Hudson, Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies, A/Drift, October 1996-January 1997, pp. 12 and 104 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Caracas, Museo Alejandro Otero, Sin Fronteras, November 1996-March 1997, pp. 51 and 74, no. 26 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Kent Fine Art, Is There Still Life, September-October 1997 (another example exhibited).
Vienna, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, September-November 1998 (another example exhibited).
Annandale-on-Hudson, Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Snapshots, September-December 1999 (another example exhibited).
Stamford, The Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Contemporary Narratives in American Prints, November 1999-February 2000, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Frankfurt am Main, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Change of Scene XVIII: Paare (Couples): Gilbert & George and Felix Gonzalez-Torres, September 2000-March 2001, pp. 33-59 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Jennifer Flay, Always Paris, November-December 2000 (another example exhibited).
Baltimore Art Museum, Body Space, February-May 2001 (another example exhibited).
Mexico City, Ecatapec, La Colección Jumex, Theory of Leisure, January-August 2002 (another example exhibited).
Munich, Museum Villa Stuck, Hautnah: Die Sammlung Goetz, May-August 2002, pp. 39-41 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Mexico City, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso and Bogotá, Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Edén, March-June 2003, pp. 128-129 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Paris, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Empreinte Moi: Une Exposition de Philippe Ségalot, October-December 2005, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Skin is a Language, January-May 2006 (another example exhibited).
New York, El Museo del Barrio, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Early Impressions, February-May 2006 (another example exhibited and illustrated on the cover and inside cover).
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Depth of Field: Modern Photography at the Metropolitan, September 2007-March 2008 (another example exhibited).
Annandale-on-Hudson, Bard College, Center for Curatorial Studies, Hessel Museum of Art, Second Thoughts, March-May 2008 (another example exhibited).
Southampton, Parrish Art Museum, SAND: Memory, Meaning and Metaphor, June-September 2008, pp. 4-5, 48 and 134 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Miami, de la Cruz Collection, Selections from the de la Cruz Collection: 2009-2010 Exhibition, December 2010-November 2011.
Mexico City, Ecatepec, La Colección Jumex, Destello [Glimmer], April-September 2011, p. 243, no. 33 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Boston, Museum of Fine Arts; Milan, Museo del Novecento and Dublin, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Conversations: Photography from the Bank of America Collection, February 2011-May 2012, pp. 103 and 105 (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Artist: | Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957 - 1996) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Auction house category: | Photography |
Artist: | Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957 - 1996) |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Auction house category: | Photography |
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