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Untitled (Klaus Barbie as a Family Man)
Details
Felix Gonzalez-Torres (1957-1996)
Untitled (Klaus Barbie as a Family Man)
signed, titled and numbered 'UNTITLED (Klaus Barbie as a Family Man) Felix Gonzalez-Torres NYC 3/3' on the reverse of the plastic bag--signed again 'Felix Gonzalez-Torres' on the label affixed to the reverse of the plastic bag
C-print jigsaw puzzle in plastic bag
7 x 9in. (19 x 24.2cm.)
Executed in 1988. This work is number three from an edition of three with two artist's proofs.
Untitled (Klaus Barbie as a Family Man)
signed, titled and numbered 'UNTITLED (Klaus Barbie as a Family Man) Felix Gonzalez-Torres NYC 3/3' on the reverse of the plastic bag--signed again 'Felix Gonzalez-Torres' on the label affixed to the reverse of the plastic bag
C-print jigsaw puzzle in plastic bag
7 x 9in. (19 x 24.2cm.)
Executed in 1988. This work is number three from an edition of three with two artist's proofs.
Provenance
Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Literature
R.J. Maddicks, "Venezuela", ARTnews, Summer 1996, p. 150 (illustrated)
D. Elger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Catalogue Raisonn, Ostfildern-Ruit 1997, p. 32, no. 38 (illustrated).
D. Elger, Felix Gonzalez-Torres: Catalogue Raisonn, Ostfildern-Ruit 1997, p. 32, no. 38 (illustrated).
Exhibited
Berlin, Neue Gesellschaft fr Bildende Kunst, bers Sofa-Kunst und schwule Kultur im Aids-Zeitaler-Vier Knstler aus New York: David Wojnarowicz, Donald Moffett, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, John Lindell, 1990 (another example exhibited).
Vancouver, University of British Columbia, Fine Arts Gallery, Strange Ways: Here We Come, 1990 (another example exhibited).
Los Angeles, Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Felix Gonzales-Torres, 1991 (another example exhibited).
Sprengel Museum Hannover, KonstruktionZitat. Kollektive bilder in der Fotografie, 1993 (another example exhibited).
Vancouver, University of British Columbia, Fine Arts Gallery, Strange Ways: Here We Come, 1990 (another example exhibited).
Los Angeles, Luhring Augustine Hetzler, Felix Gonzales-Torres, 1991 (another example exhibited).
Sprengel Museum Hannover, KonstruktionZitat. Kollektive bilder in der Fotografie, 1993 (another example exhibited).