ID 920939
Lot 41 | MARÍA MAGDALENA CAMPOS-PONS (b. 1959)
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 25 000
Soy una fuente (I Am a Fountain)
titled 'SOY UNA FUENTE, I AM A FOUNTAIN' (lower right)
oil and vinyl lettering on panel, ceramic and metal
118 x 95 in. (299.7 x 241.3 cm.)
dimensions vary when installed
Executed in 1990.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.
Literature
C. Sdreni de Birbragher, "Howard Faber: collecionista de arte," ArtNexus, 78:9, 20010, pp. 64-69 (illustrated, p. 67).
A. Mena Chicuri, Cuba Avant-Garde: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Farber Collection, Gainesville, University of Florida Press, 2007 (illustrated, p. 187).
Exhibited
Boston, Institute of Contemporary Art; Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Philadelphia, Institute of Contemporary Art; Saskatchewan, Canada, Mendel Art Gallery; Newport Beach, Newport Harbour art Musum; Caracas, Fundación Museo de Bellas Artes, El corazón sangrante/ The Bleeding Heart, October 1991- May 1993 (illustrated, p. 104).
Indianapolis, Indianapolis Museum of Art, María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Everything is Separated by Water, 2007 (illustrated, p. 95).
Special Notice
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Post Lot Text
Please note this work has been requested by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles for the upcoming exhibition María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold. The exhibition will travel to the Brooklyn Museum (15 September 2023 - 14 January 2024), the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University (9 February - 5 May 2024), the Frist Art Museum in Nashville (27 September 2024 - 5 January 2025), and conclude its tour at the Getty Museum (4 February - 27 April 2025).
Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Cuba |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Applied technique: | Oil on panel |
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Art style: | Contemporary art |
Place of origin: | Cuba |
Auction house category: | Paintings |
Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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