Bill Viola

Lot 143: BILL VIOLA

Name: BILL VIOLA
Brand: Sotheby's
SKU: e7a08bea9d

Est: £80,000 GBP - £120,000 GBP

Sotheby'sLondon, United KingdomOctober 16, 2009

Item Overview

Description

MAN OF SORROWS

Dimensions

screen: 49 by 38 by 4.5cm.;19 1/4 by 15 by 1 3/4 in. overall (including plinth): 152.7 by 48.2 by 43cm.; 60 1/8 by 19 by 16 7/8 in.

Artist or Maker

Bill Viola

Medium

colour video on freestanding LCD flat panel

Date

Executed in 2001, this work is number 5 from an edition of 5, plus 1 artist's proof.

Literature

Exhibition Catalogue, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum; London, The National Gallery; Munich, Pinakothek der Moderne, Bill Viola: The Passions, 2003, p. 105, p. 271, illustration of another example in colour

Provenance

Haunch of Venison, London
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Notes

This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist

Auction Details

Contemporary Art Including Arab & Iranian Art

Sotheby's

October 16, 2009, 03:00 PM GMT

34-35 New Bond Street, London, LDN, W1A 2AA, UK

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