Vik Muniz (b. 1961)

Waterlilies, After Monet (Pictures of Magazines)

Details

Vik Muniz (b. 1961)
Waterlilies, After Monet (Pictures of Magazines)
signed and dated 'Vik Muniz 2005' (on paper label affixed to the reverse of the first element)
triptych--digital chromogenic prints
each: 55 1/2 x 114 1/2 in. (140.9 x 290.8 cm.)
Executed in 2005. This work is number four from an edition six plus four artist's proofs.

Provenance

Brent Sikkema Gallery, New York
Private collection, Las Vegas
Anon. sale; Christie’s, New York, 13 November 2013, lot 574
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Literature

P. Corrêa do Lago, Vik Muniz Obra Completa 1987-2009 Catálogo Raisonné, Rio de Janeiro, 2009, p. 476-479 (another example illustrated).

Exhibited

New York, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., Vik Muniz, Leonardo Drew, Arturo Herrera, Marlene McCarty and Kara Walker, September-October 2005 (another example exhibited).

Lot Essay

“As an artist, I must constantly remind myself of my role in the culture in which I live. It is easy to lose focus when trying to be both powerless and important at once. …We must continue to learn from history’s lessons in order to be able to change it.” – Vik Muniz

Waterlilies, After Monet (Pictures of Magazines)

Lot Essay

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