JEFF WALL (B. 1946) - photo 1
JEFF WALL (B. 1946) - photo 2
JEFF WALL (B. 1946) - photo 3
JEFF WALL (B. 1946) - photo 4

JEFF WALL (B. 1946)

Lot 61
07.03.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 61 | JEFF WALL (B. 1946)
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JEFF WALL (B. 1946)

Rear, 304 E 25th Ave., May 20 1997, 1.14 & 1.17 p.m.

montage of two gelatin silver prints, in artist's frame

overall: 96 7⁄8 x 142 7⁄8in. (246 x 363cm.)

Executed in 1997, this work is number one from an edition of two plus one artist’s proof





Provenance

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.

Henry Buhl Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1998).

Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

T. de Duve (et. al), Jeff Wall, London 1996 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 149; incorrectly titled 'Rear, 304 W.25 Ave., May 20, 1997, 1.41 & 1.42 p.m.').

U. M. Reindl, ‘Jeff Wall: Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, 13.2. - 18.4.1998’, in Kunstforum International, no. 140, April-June 1998, p. 387 (incorrectly titled 'Rear, 304 E. 25 Ave., Vancouver, 9. May 1997, 1.14 & 1.17 p.m,').

G. T. Turner, ‘Jeff Wall’, in Flash Art, vol. 31, no. 200, May-June 1998, pp. 137-138 (illustrated, p. 137; incorrectly titled 'Rear, 304 East 25 Ave., Vancouver, 9 May, 1997, 1:14 & 1:17 pm').

L. Morris (ed.), Jeff Wall: Landscapes, exh. cat., Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery, 2002-2003 (another from the edition illustrated, p. 30; incorrectly titled 'Rear, 304 East 25th Ave., Vancouver, 9 May 1997, 1.14 & 1.17pm').

C. Walter, Bilder erzählen! Positionen Inszenierter Fotografie: Eileen Cowin, Jeff Wall, Cindy Sherman, Anna Gaskell, Sharon Lockhart, Tracey Moffat, Sam Taylor-Wood, Weimar 2002, p. 128 (incorrectly titled 'Rear, 304 East 25 Ave, Vancouver, Mai 1997').

H. Naef and T. Vischer (eds.), Jeff Wall Catalogue Raisonné, 1978-2004, Göttingen 2005, no. 76 (illustrated, pp. 180-181 and 383).

M. Newman, Jeff Wall Works and Collected Writings, Barcelona 2007 (illustrated, p. 67).

T. de Duve, Jeff Wall: The Complete Edition, London 2009 (illustrated, pp. 70-71).



Exhibited

New York, Marian Goodman Gallery, Jeff Wall, 1998.

Cologne, Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Jeff Wall: Photographs, 1998 (another from the edition exhibited).

Castelló, Espai d'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Jeff Wall, Pepe Espaliú: Temps Suspés, 1999, p. 189 (illustrated on the front cover; illustrated, pp. 92-93; incorrectly titled 'Rear, 304 East 25 Ave., Vancouver, 9 May 1997, 1.14 & 1.17 PM').

Madrid, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Jeff Wall, 2001 (another from the edition exhibited).

Frankfurt am Mein, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Jeff Wall: Figures & Places, Selected Works from 1978-2000, 2001-2002, pp. 77 and 198, no. 21 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated, pp. 82-83).

Barcelona, MACBA Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Barcelona, MACBA Collection, 2002 (another from the edition exhibited).

New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Speaking with Hands: Photographs from The Buhl Collection, 2004-2006, p. 262 (illustrated, pp. 146-147 and 252; incorrectly titled 'Rear, 304 East 25th Avenue, Vancouver, 9 May 1997, 1.14 & 1.17 pm'). This exhibition later travelled to Bilbao, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Jeff Wall, 2007-2008, pp. 49 and 161 (illustrated, pp. 118-119). This exhibition later travelled to Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago and San Francisco, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

New York, Guggenheim Museum, Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance, 2010.

New York, David Zwirner, The House Without The Door, 2011.

Brussels, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, The Crooked Path, 2011-2012, pp. 237 and 246 (another from the edition exhibited; illustrated, p. 227). This exhibition later travelled to Santiago, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea.

New York, Marc Straus Gallery, Jeff Wall and Thomas Bangsted, 2013.

Amsterdam, Stedelijk Musuem, Jeff Wall: Tableaux Pictures Photographs 1996-2013, 2014-2015, pp. 22, 48 and 115 (another from the edition exhibited, illustrated, p. 49). This exhibition later travelled to Bregenz, Kunsthaus Bregenz ans Humlebaek, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.



Further Details

Another from the edition is on long-term to Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona.
Artist:Jeff Wall (1946)
Art style:Contemporary art
Place of origin:Canada
Auction house category:Photography
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