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Lot 15: MARTYN CHALK (B. 1945)

Est: £4,000 GBP - £6,000 GBPSold:
Christie'sLondon, United KingdomSeptember 14, 2011

Item Overview

Description

MARTYN CHALK (B. 1945)
Reconstruction of Vladimir Tatlin's 'Complex Corner Relief, 1915'
iron, aluminum, zinc, oil pigment, priming paint, wire and fastening components
31 x 60 x 30in. (78.8 x 152.4 x 76.2cm)
First edition number reconstructed in 1966, last edition reconstructed in 1994, this work is from an edition of five

Artist or Maker

Exhibited

London, Annely Juda Fine Art, Configurations 1910-1940 and Seven Tatlin Reconstructions, 1981 (illustrated).
Thessaloniki, Greek State Museum of Contemporary Art, Tatlin and After, 2001-2002.
Bilbao, Guggenheim Bilbao, ArchiSculpture, 2005-2006.
Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, ArchiSculpture: Dialogues between Architecture and Sculpture from the 18th Century to the Present Day, 2006 (another example exhibited).

Literature

Configurations 1910-1940 and Seven Tatlin Reconstructions, exh. cat., London, Annely Juda Fine Art, 1981 (illustrated).
Foundation Beyeler, Connaissance des Arts, Paris 1988 (illustrated, p. 66).
S. Nodelman, The Rothko Chapel Paintings: Origins, Structure, Meaning, Houston 1997 (illustrated).
B. Buchloch, Neo Avant-Garde and Culture Industry: Essays on European and American Art from 1955 to 1975, Cambridge 2000 (illustrated, p. 58).
H. Foster, R. Krauss, Y. Bois, and B. Buchloch (eds.), Art Since 1900: Modernism, Antimodernism, and Postmodernism, London 2005 (illustrated).

Provenance

The artist.
Annely Juda Fine Art, London.
Galerie Beyeler, Basel.

Notes

Artist's Resale Right ("droit de Suite").If the Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer also agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
MARTYN CHALK (B. 1945)
Reconstruction of Vladimir Tatlin's 'Complex Corner Relief, 1915'
iron, aluminum, zinc, oil pigment, priming paint, wire and fastening components
31 x 60 x 30in. (78.8 x 152.4 x 76.2cm)
First edition number reconstructed in 1966, last edition reconstructed in 1994, this work is from an edition of five

Auction Details

Post-War & Contemporary Art

by
Christie's
September 14, 2011, 12:00 AM GMT

85 Old Brompton Road, London, LDN, SW7 3LD, UK