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Christopher Wool (b. 1955)
Untitled , 1990 (Executed)
Lot #5 |
2012-02-14 |
Christie's, London
Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Category:
Painting
Estimate:
GBP 2,500,000 - 3,500,000 (currency of sale)
USD 3,962,500 - 5,547,500 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Christie's
Auction number: 8052
Auction name: Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2012-02-14
End date: 2012-02-14
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: Contemporary Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 108 x 72in. (274.5 x 182.8cm.)
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
274.5
Width In Centimeters:
182.8
Height In Inches:
108
Width In Inches:
72
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Year notes: Executed in 1990.
Provenance
Provenance<br> <br> <br> <br> Collection of the artist.<br> <br> Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York.<br> <br> Fredrik Roos Collection, Malmo.<br> <br> Private Collection, Los Angeles.<br> <br> Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006.
Exhibited
Exhibited<br> <br> <br> <br> Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen,<br> <br> Christopher Wool - Cats in Bag, Bags in River<br> <br> , 1991. This exhibition later travelled to Bern, Kunsthalle Bern and Cologne, Kölnischer Kunstverein.<br> <br> Los Angeles, The Museum of Contemporary Art,<br> <br> Christopher Wool<br> <br> , 1998, p. 288, no. 65 (installation view illustrated, p. 62). This exhibition later travelled to Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art and Basel, Kunsthalle Basel.
Literature
Literature<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> Christopher Wool<br> <br> , exh. cat., Valencia, Institut ValenciĂ d'Art Modern, 2006 (installation view illustrated, p. 11).<br> <br> M. Thomas, 'Christopher Wool', in<br> <br> Pittsburgh Post Gazette<br> <br> , 28 November 1998 (illustrated).
Catalog summary
Christopher Wool (b. 1955) Untitled signed, inscribed and dated 'WOOL 1990 W11' (on the reverse) enamel on aluminium 108 x 72in. (274.5 x 182.8cm.) Executed in 1990