Lot Essay
“When trying to explain what I do to someone who has no art experience, I usually say that I “take pictures of things,” tabletop things, so people can see them for what they are.” – Vik Muniz
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Wanderer Above the Sea of Ashes, after Caspar David Friedrich
Details
Vik Muniz (b. 1961)
Wanderer Above the Sea of Ashes, after Caspar David Friedrich
Cibachrome print
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Executed in 1999. This work is number four from an edition of ten plus five artist's proofs and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Wanderer Above the Sea of Ashes, after Caspar David Friedrich
Cibachrome print
40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm.)
Executed in 1999. This work is number four from an edition of ten plus five artist's proofs and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.
Provenance
Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York
Private collection, London
Gift from the above to the present owner
Private collection, London
Gift from the above to the present owner
Literature
P. Correa do Lago, ed., Vik Muniz: ObraCompleta 1987-2009, Rio de Janeiro, 2009, p. 694 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Paris, Centre National de la Photographie; Paris, Caisse des Dépôts et consignations; Paris, Galerie Xippas, Vik Muniz, 1999-2000, p. 85 (another example exhibited and illustrated).