Thirty Pieces of Silver (exhaled)--Hip Flask

Details

Cornelia Parker (b. 1956)
Thirty Pieces of Silver (exhaled)--Hip Flask
thirty crushed silver plated objects
43 1/3in. (110cm.) diameter
Executed in 2008

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner.

Special Notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. 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.

Lot Essay

"I like to take man-made objects and push them to the point where they almost lose their reference, so that they become something else, take on other alliances (Parker, quoted on www.egs.edu/faculty/parker-resources.html, December 4, 2008).

Thirty Pieces of Silver (exhaled)--Hip Flask

Lot Essay

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