Christian Boltanski (b. 1944)
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Christian Boltanski (b. 1944)

Shadows (from the Lesson of Darkness)

Details
Christian Boltanski (b. 1944)
Shadows (from the Lesson of Darkness)
oxidized copper, wire, tin, candles and wax, in twelve parts
installation dimensions variable
Executed in 1987
Provenance
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York.
Boston Children's Heart Foundation, Children's Hospital (acquired from the above in 1987).
Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 26 June 1997, lot 58.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
L. Gumpert, Christian Boltanski, Paris 1994 (another version partially illustrated in colour, p. 76).
D. Semin, T. Garb and D. Kuspit, Christian Boltanski, London 1997 (another version partially illustrated in colour, on the inside cover).
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.

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