Sherrie Levine (b. 1947)
Sherrie Levine (b. 1947)

Crystal Newborn

Details
Sherrie Levine (b. 1947)
Crystal Newborn
cast crystal, sandblasted
5 ½ x 8 ½ x 5 ½ x in (14 x 21.6 x 14 cm.)
Executed in 1993. This work is number two of three artist's proofs aside from an edition of twelve.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner
Literature
H. Singerman, Art History, After Sherrie Levine, Los Angeles, 2012, p. 196, no. 39 (another example illustrated).
Exhibited
Frankfurt, Portikus, Sherrie Levine: Newborn, January-February 1994, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated).
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Glass: Material Matters, April- December 2006, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated).
New York, Whitney Museum, Sherrie Levine: Mayhem, November 2011-May 2012, p. 190 (another example exhibited).
Nuremberg, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Sherrie Levine: After All, Works 1981-2016, October 2016-February 2017, pp. 96, 97, 100 and 186 (another example exhibited and illustrated).

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Lot Essay

"A work of art. Something you experience in a visceral sense, because I believe that intellectual experiences are stronger when related to sensual experiences, a sense of the world. I sometimes paraphrase Lawrence Weiner on this; he said that he wanted to make art that throws you back on the physical world, that makes you think about your relationship to the physical world. I think that's a wonderful way to think about artmaking." (S. Levine, quoted in 'Sherrie Levine', Journal of Contemporary Art, reproduced at: https://www.jcaonline.com/slevine.html).

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