Bruce Conner (1933-2008)
The Dennis Hopper Collection (Lots 1-242 and 526-572)
Bruce Conner (1933-2008)

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Bruce Conner (1933-2008)
PRINTS
steel lockbox, paper envelopes with type written text, photocopies on paper, gelatin silver prints with type written text, metal key, plastic bags, clear plastic folders with plastic binding clips, paper folders, finger print form, ink fingerprints, 1974, numbered 3 on the outside of the lockbox
This work is number three from an edition of twenty.

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Lot Essay

For another example, see P. Boswell e.a., 2000 BC: the Bruce Conner story Part II, 2000, pp. 176-77 (illustrated).

The conception of the present lot stem from a discussion between the artist and a new employer about the property rights of fingerprints, following their request for a set of Conner's fingerprints for their employment file. Conner argued that if an artist's touch had value in itself, his fingerprints applied to a work would enhance its value. After long discussions, the compromise was reached with Conner having his fingerprints taken at the Palo Alto Police station and producing a limited set of twenty of his fingerprints, in the style of a fine art limited edition.

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