URS FISCHER (B. 1973) - photo 1
URS FISCHER (B. 1973) - photo 2
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URS FISCHER (B. 1973)

Lot 21
09.03.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
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$ 1 008 000
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ID 921156
Lot 21 | URS FISCHER (B. 1973)
Estimate value
$ 800 000 – 1 200 000
URS FISCHER (B. 1973)

last supper

cast bronze and stainless steel armature, in three parts

57 x 302 x 58 in. (144.8 x 767.1 x 147.3 cm.)

Executed in 2014. This work is the artist's proof aside from an edition of two.





Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner



Literature

R. Jovanovich, "Gagosian Launching Lower East Side Pop-Up, Upper East Side Expansion with Urs Fischer," artnet news, 20 March 2014, digital.

C. Vogel, "Inside Art - More Gagosian," The New York Times, 21 March 2014, section C, p. 24.

E. Gallant, "Urs Fischer 'Last Supper' and 'Mermaid, Pig, Bro w/ Hat,' New York," Purple Diary, 7 April 2014, digital (another example illustrated).

A. Russeth, "Urs Fischer at Gagosian Gallery and the Lever House Art Collection," Observer, 16 April 2014, digital.

M. Pepi, "Gagosian expands again with an Urs Fischer exhibition in New York," Apollo, 20 April 2014, digital (another example illustrated).

D. Creahan, "New York - Urs Fischer: 'last supper' and 'mermaid, pig, bro w/ hat,' at Gagosian Gallery through May 8th, 2014," Art Observed, 29 April 2014, digital (another example illustrated).

N. Azzarello, "Urs Fischer exhibits cast bronze sculptures at a former New York bank," designboom, 4 May 2014, digital (another example illustrated).

B. Walsh, "Review: Last Supper, Gagosian, Park & 75," ArtReview, Summer 2014, p. 155.

Urs Fischer: Sculptures 2013-2018, St. Moritz, 2019, pp. 64-73 (illustrated).

Urs Fischer: Look At Love With Love, St. Moritz, 2022, pp. 436-439 (illustrated).



Exhibited

New York, Gagosian Gallery, Last Supper, April-May 2014 (another example exhibited).

Arles, Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Urs Fischer: Mon cher..., October 2016-January 2017, pp. 2-3, 6-7 and 12-14 (another example exhibited and illustrated).



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© Urs Fischer. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian. Photographer: Stefan Altenburger.
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