NAN GOLDIN (born 1953)

Cookie at Vittorio's Casket, NYC, September 16

Details

NAN GOLDIN (born 1953)
Cookie at Vittorio's Casket, NYC, September 16
Cibachrome print. 1989. Annotated NG.041.9 in pencil on the verso.
15 x 23in. (39.4 x 60.3cm.) Framed.

Provenance

Acquired by the present owner at "Art for H.A.R.T." silent auction, at Flamingo East for The Community Research Initiative on AIDS, October 7, 1996, New York, NY.

Literature

See: Sussman, Nan Goldin: I'll Be Your Mirror, pl. 268.

Sale room notice

The estimate is $1,200-1,800

Lot Essay

The series of images of Cookie Mueller, a close friend of Goldin and a cult-hero for many, is one her most touching bodies of work. She traces her life through marriage, motherhood and death. Cookie at Vittorio's Casket, presents her at her husband's casket who has died of AIDS. Two months later Goldin records Cookie in her own casket.