Christopher Williams - 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session New York Thursday, May 10, 2018 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Vienna Succession, Jeroen de Rijke / Willem de Rooij & Christopher Williams, November 25, 2005 - January 15, 2006, nos. 33-35, pp. 33-35 (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    New York, David Zwirner, Christopher Williams: For Example: Dix-Huit Leçons Sur La Société Industrielle (Revision 4), January 11 - February 25, 2006 (another example exhibited)
    Kunsthalle Zürich, Christopher Williams, August 25 - October 28, 2007, no. 5, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Los Angeles, China Art Objects, Christopher Williams, Walead Beshty, Kelley Walker, January 24 - February 28, 2008 (another example exhibited)
    Tokyo, Wako Works of Art, Wako Works of Art: 15 Years / Part III, January 26 - February 26, 2008 (another example exhibited)

  • Literature

    Bennett Simpson, "What Does the Jellyfish Want?: The Art of Christopher Williams", Artforum International, April 2006, vol. 44, no. 8, p. 211 (another example illustrated)
    Mark Godfrey, "Cameras, Corn, Christopher Williams, and the Cold War", October Magazine, no. 126, Fall 2008, pp. 129, 133, 137
    Christopher Williams, Christopher Williams: Printed in Germany (Green, Red and Yellow Editions), Cologne, 2015, n.p. (other examples illustrated)

Property from a Private Collection, Los Angeles

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Velosolex 2200 Nr. 2 (Front, Side, and Back), Serial Number 3128819, Moteur antiparasité, Date of Production 1964, (From the collection of Hanh Dam), Photography by the Douglas M. Parker Studio, Los Angeles, California. August 15, 2005

each signed, titled, consecutively inscribed, numbered and dated "VELOSOLEX...05' #[1-3] AP C. Williams" on the reverse
gelatin silver print, triptych
each 16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm.)
Executed in 2005, this work is an artist's proof from an edition of 10 plus 4 artist's proofs.

Estimate
$30,000 - 40,000 

Sold for $37,500

Contact Specialist
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Head of Day Sale, Afternoon Session
New York
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20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, Afternoon Session

New York Auction 16 May 2018