Sale: 458 / Post War II, Dec. 08. 2017 in Munich Lot 340

 

340
Bruce Nauman
Untitled, 1990.
Etching
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 6,480
Sold:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,720

(incl. surcharge)
Untitled. 1990.
6 sheet Etching s.
Cf. Cordes/Taylor 62 - 64, 66 - 68. Each signed, dated and (partly barely legible) numbered. From an edition of 45 and 40 copies respectively. On wove paper. 27.8 x 35.3 cm (10.9 x 13.8 in). Sheet: 42,5 x 49 cm ( 16,7 x 19,2 in).
Printed by Simmelink/Sukimoto Editions, Marina Del Rey, CA. Published by Brooke Alexander Editions, New York.
Dimensions of one sheet slightly differing.
When the catalog raisonné by Cordes/Taylor was released the edition had not been completed, which is why only the trial proofs are mentioned.[EH].

Bruce Nauman developed these forms based on body forms taxidermists use. He said about these sheets: "But with the new prints that I'm working on now, the forms have been reassembled. I had some forms cast in metal and when they came back from the foundry they were cut in pieces, Iguess because it was easier to cast them that way. The casts were around the studio for a while, an then I started putting them back together in different ways - rearranging them into new shapes that become more abstract." (Bruce Nauman in an interview with Ch.Cordes, in Cordes/Tayler, Bruce Nauman, New York, 1989, p. 33)



340
Bruce Nauman
Untitled, 1990.
Etching
Estimate:
€ 6,000 / $ 6,480
Sold:
€ 9,000 / $ 9,720

(incl. surcharge)