Lot 140
140
Francis Alÿs (b. 1959)
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Francis Alÿs (b. 1959)

Untitled

Details
Francis Alÿs (b. 1959)
Untitled
wood, metal, 16mm film and plastic tubes
40 x 17¾ x 12in. (101.5 x 45 x 30.5cm.)
Executed in 2004
Provenance
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2004.
Exhibited
Munich, Sammlung Goetz, Francis Alÿs, 2008 (installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 45 and 56).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.

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Lot Essay

'Francis Alÿs observes with a keen eye how people struggle, and how they take pleasure in little things, even though their lives are not easy. He tells of the setbacks and triumphs of everyday life, without mockery or cynicism, but rather with the sadness of a clown. He is interested in perceiving and decoding the things we often overlook and in a way that the trial can be freighted with associations'.

Ingvild Goetz

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