ID 920914
Lot 45 | VIK MUNIZ (b. 1961)
Estimate value
$ 30 000 – 50 000
Self-Portrait (from Pictures of Magazines)
signed, dated and numbered 'Vik Muniz, 2003, 5/6' (on label on verso)
chromogenic print
95 1/2 x 71 in. (242.6 x 180.3 cm.)
Executed in 2003.
Edition five of six.
Provenance
Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York.
Private collection.
Anon. sale; Phillips, New York, 18 November 2015, lot 83.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
J. Elkins, M. dos Anjos and S. Rice, Obra Incompleta >Vik Muniz< Incomplete Works, Rio de Janeiro, Ministério de Cultura, Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, Safra Instituto Cultural, 2004 (another edition illustrated on the cover).
P. Corrêa do Lago ed.,Vik Muniz, Obra Completa, 1987-2009, Catálogo Raisonné, Sao Paulo, 2009, p. 489 (another edition illustrated).
Exhibited
Milan, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Roma, Vik Muniz, September 2003-January 2004, p. 24 (another edition illustrated).
Rio de Janeiro, Museu de Arte Moderna, Vik, January-March 2009, p. 90-93 (another edition illustrated).
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Post Lot Text
Please note this work was previously sold under the incorrect edition number. The correct edition number is five of six.
| Artist: | Vik Muniz (1961) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Brazil, South America |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Artist: | Vik Muniz (1961) |
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| Art style: | Contemporary art |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Brazil, South America |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
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