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20th Century, Modern & Contemporary Fine Art

Sat, Dec 2, 2017 11:00AM EST - Sun, Dec 3, 2017 11:00AM EST
Lot 202

MATTHEW BARNEY (b. 1967): CREMASTER 5: ELVÁLÁS

Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
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Two C-prints and one gelatin silver print in artist's acrylic frames, 1997, numbered 5 of 6, with label from Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York. Two 32 x 25 1/2 in., 35 1/2 x 29 1/2 in. (frame), one 36 1/2 x 30 in., 41 1/2 x 34 1/2 in. (frame). Literature: M. Rush, New Media in Late 20th Century Art, London, p. 151, no. 167 (another example of largest element illustrated in color); N. Spector, Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle, New York, 2003, pp.69, 452 and 459 (another example illustrated in color). Exhibited: Portikus Frankfurt and New York, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Matthew Barney: CREMASTER 5, June-December 1997 (another example exhibited; Hamburg, The Deichtorhallen, Emotion: Young British and American Art from the Goetz Collection, October 1998-January 1999, p. 102 (another example exhibited and illustrated); Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Outbound: Passages From the 90's, March-May 2000, p. 24, no. 11 (another example exhibited and illustrated); Cologne, Museum Ludwig; Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Matthew Barney: The CREMASTER Cycle, June 2002-May 2003, p. 452 (another example exhibited and illustrated).,