FRANZ WEST (1947-2012)

Lot 159
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Lot 159 | FRANZ WEST (1947-2012)
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FRANZ WEST (1947-2012)

Flucht im Stechschritt (Der Fluch des Eros) (Goose Step Escape (The Curse of Eros))

gouache on magazine paper, in four parts

(i) 11 x 7 7/8in. (28 x 20cm.)

(ii) 10 7/8 x 8 1/8in. (27.7 x 20.7cm.)

(iii) 11 x 8 1/8in. (28 x 20.6cm.)

(iv) 11 x 8 1/8in. (28 x 20.7cm.)

Executed in 2003





Provenance

(i)

Zwirner & Wirth, New York.

Private Collection, New York.

Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt.

The Artist, Vienna.

Private Collection, New York.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.



(ii)

Zwirner & Wirth, New York.

Private Collection, New York.

Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt.

The Artist, Vienna.

Private Collection, New York.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.



(iii)

Zwirner & Wirth, New York.

Private Collection, New York.

Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt.

The Artist, Vienna.

Private Collection, New York.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.



(iv)

David Zwirner Gallery, New York.

Private Collection, USA.

Zwirner & Wirth, New York.

Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt.

The Artist, Vienna.

Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna.

Private Collection, Innsbruck

Galerie Konzett, Vienna.

Private Collection, New York.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2008.



Literature

(ii)

E. Schneider (ed.), Franz West: WE'LL NOT CARRY COALS, Bregenz, Kunsthaus Bregenz, 2003, no. 10 (illustrated in colour, p. 77).



Exhibited

Frankfurt, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Franz West - Siesta, 2003.

New York, Zwirner & Wirth, Girls on Film, 2005.



Further details

This work is a picture wall compiled by Franz West in 2003, consisting of one Defake by Franz West and three fakes after Franz West and has been authenticated by the Franz West Archive.
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