Maurizio Cattelan - Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale New York Thursday, March 7, 2013 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan

  • Exhibited

    Dinard, France, Palais des Arts,Big Brother, the artist facing tyrants, June, 2011 (another example exhibited)
    New York, Guggenheim Museum of Art,Maurizio Cattelan: All, November 4, 2011 - January 22, 2012 (another example exhibited)

  • Literature

    G. Verzotti,Maurizio Cattelan, Milan, 1999, p. 26 (illustrated)
    F. Bonami, N. Spector and B. Vanderlinden,Maurizio Cattelan, London, 2000, p. 136 (illustrated)
    N. Spector,Maurizio Cattelan: All, New York, 2011, p. 83 (illustrated)

  • Catalogue Essay

    “ You try to move the borders a little bit further, and then you realize how easily the art world can absorb any blow.”
    MAURIZIO CATTELAN

    Maurizio Cattelan has a hard earned reputation for delivering his deadpan creations with a renowned sense of wit and humor. Motivated by a deep seated antipathy for authoritative figures, Cattelan admitted that his art focused on “the ironic-disobedient-childish aspects of [his] personality.” (A. Bellini, “An Interview with Maurizio Cattelan”, Sculpture 24, no. 7, September 2005). His seemingly rebellious identity as art-star and provocateur has often led to the exploration of reversals or sites of corruption. A Perfect Day, 1999, is the culmination of a day-long installation in which Cattelan adhered his gallerist, Massimo de Carlo, to his gallery wall in Milan.

    Seemingly confined within a spider-like web, de Carlo is portrayed within the bondage of silver duct tape. Suspended and unable to move free, de Carlo found himself at the complete mercy of the artist. An intentional irony is at play here, the art dealer is depicted abandoned against pure white background, eyes closed, his weary head dropped slightly to the side, gradually we begin to notice that the tape takes the form of large silver wings and, suddenly, de Carlo is transformed into an art world martyr, willfully resigned to the constraints of the artist’s intent.

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A Perfect Day

1999
electrostatic print on aluminum
101 5/8 x 75 1/2 in. (258.1 x 191.8 cm)
This work is number three from an edition of ten.
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist.

Estimate
$150,000 - 200,000 

Contemporary Art & Design Evening Sale

7 March 2013
New York