Lot 165
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Laurie Simmons (b. 1949)
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Laurie Simmons (b. 1949)

Walking Chanel Purse

Details
Laurie Simmons (b. 1949)
Walking Chanel Purse
Cibachrome print
84 x 48 in. (213.3 x 121.9 cm.)
Executed in 2005. This work is an artist's proof originally commissioned by Chanel and is one of only two existing prints.
Provenance
New Museum Benefit Auction, courtesy of the artist, Sperone Westwater Gallery, New York and Chanel; Philips, New York, 15 November 2007, lot 13
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner
Special Notice
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Lot Essay

“Her use and manipulation of miniaturized dolls, objects, and interiors gave the photographs the abstracted quality of a dream, which was markedly different from the cool, pseudo-documentary images of other artists.” (Carol Squiers, quoted in Kate Linker, Laurie Simmons: Walking, Talking, Lying, New York, 2005, p. 9)

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