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Lot Essay
The artists collected three vipers, anesthetized them by injection and braided the snakes. Following the performance the snakes were returned to the wild.
Details
Tunga (b. 1952)
A Vanguarda Viperina
gold metalic paint on gelatin silver print in artist's frame
79 1/8 x 49 5/8in. (201 x 126cm.)
Executed in 1985, this work is unique
A Vanguarda Viperina
gold metalic paint on gelatin silver print in artist's frame
79 1/8 x 49 5/8in. (201 x 126cm.)
Executed in 1985, this work is unique
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1998.
Literature
Cosac & Naify (ed.), Tunga: Barroco de lirios, Sao Paolo 1997 (illustrated, front cover).
Exhibited
Paris, Fondation Cartier, Être Nature, 1998.
Special Notice
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.
Brought to you by
Beatriz Ordovas
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