Lot 278: WILLIAM CLIFT

(American, b. 1944) TEN COURT HOUSES: FROM THE SEAGRAM COUNTY COURT HOUSE ARCHIVES 8 of the 10 are signed each with various other inscriptions 10 gelatin silver prints image size varies: 5 horizontals: 77/8-1215/16 x 915/16-161/2 in. (20-32.9 x 25.2-41.9 cm) 5 verticals: 93/8-173/16 x 73/8-133/8 in. (23.8-43.7 x 18.7-34 cm) 1974-1977 printed 1979-1981 from COURT HOUSE: THE SEAGRAM BICENTENNIAL PROJECT Provenance From the artist, SANTA FE, commissioned by the Seagram Bicentennial Project Exhibited NEW YORK, Seagram Building, COURT HOUSE: REVISITING SEAGRAM'S BICENTENNIAL PROJECT, October 1, 1996 - January 17, 1997 Literature Richard Pare, COURT HOUSE: A PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT, New York, Horizon Press, 1978, pls. 16, 38, 70, 71, 80, 124, 251 (eight of the ten illustrated).