Sale 1660
New York
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10 May 2006
Price realised
USD 28,800
Estimate
This lot is offered without a reserve
Valie Export (b. 1940) Elongation signed, titled and dated 'ELONGATION VALIE EXPORT 1976' (lower edge) and stamped 'VALIE EXPORT' (lower right); signed with the artist's initials, inscribed and numbered 'FOTOGRAFIK AUFLAGE 3 STÜCK 3/3 V.E.' (on the reverse) ink on gelatin silver print 15 3/8 x 24 in. (39 x 61 cm.) Executed in 1976. This work is number three from an edition of three. Einarmung-Embraced Inwards signed, titled and dated 'EINARMUNG VALIE EXPORT 1972' (lower edge) and stamped 'VALIE EXPORT' (lower right); signed with the artist's initials, titled and numbered 'EINARMUNG 1/3 V.E.' (on the reverse) gelatin silver print 16½ x 24¼ in. (42 x 62.3 cm.) Executed in 1972. This work is number one from an edition of three.
Provenance
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York
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Literature
A. Brooks, Subjective Realities, Works from the Refco Collection of Contemporary Photography, Chicago 2003, p. 107 (illustrated).
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