Parkett - The Complete Editions
Parkett - The Complete Editions | Auction | 31.10.2023 | Preview: 27.10.2023 - 29.10.2023

Lot was sold

Lot 145 | Josiah McElheny | From an Alternative Modernity (Mirror for Bruno Taut) (for Parkett 86)

Estimate
1.000 - 2.000 €
D
Result:
(incl. premium)
1.320 €

You want to sell an object of Josiah McElheny?
Objects
Experts

Do you wish to purchase Josiah McElheny and receive future offers?
Newsletter & Inquiry Index
Auction results from: Josiah McElheny
McElheny, Josiah
1966 BOSTON/MASSACHUSSETTS


Title: From an Alternative Modernity (Mirror for Bruno Taut) (for Parkett 86).
Date: 2009.
Technique: Coloured glass, laid down between glass and chrome mirror.
Measurement: 47 x 35,5 x 2,5cm.
Notation: Signed and numbered on enclosed certificate.
Publisher: Parkett-Verlag, Zurich (publisher).
Number: 1/35.


Condition:
Occasional minimal streaks and accumulations of dust on the surface. Otherwise the work is in very good condition.

The minimal irregularities, such as colour gradients, bubbles and small gaps in the colour transitions are due to the demanding handicraft production and accepted by the artist.

With enclosed certificate. With Parkett magazine.

"McElheny relates to objects of mid-century design, objects that harbor the visionary futures of past eras but that also reveal the supposedly autonomous realms of art and industrial design. McElheny relates to objects of mid-century design, objects that harbor the visionary futures of past eras but that also reveal the supposedly autonomous realms of art and industrial design. His works allegorize the breakdown of Modernism's linear notion of history to create visual analogues of its fragmentation"
Branden W. Joseph, Parkett no. 86, 2009.

Article on the work and artist from Parkett edition no. 86.

Contact:
Marion Scharmann
Modern, Post War & Contemporary Art
+49 221 92 58 62 303

Print this lot
| Recommend lot
|

Conditions of this Lot


VAT margin scheme, VAT included, but must not be indicated, not refundable

32% buyer’s premium on the hammer price



Estimated shipping costs for this lot:
Germany: 43,70 Euro plus 8,30 Euro VAT
EU: 58,82 Euro plus 11,18 Euro VAT
Worldwide: 117,65 Euro plus 22,35 Euro VAT
additional shipping insurance



Similar works in the auction
Josiah McElheny   USA   Contemporary Art   Multiples   2000s   Colour   Multiple   Glass   Abstract  

Stock Id: 77046-116