Barbara Kruger - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, January 20, 2016 | Phillips

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  • Catalogue Essay

    For the occasion of the 2002 Schirn exhibition, Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture, Barbara Kruger covered the entire façade of the Galeria Kaufhof on the Zeil in Frankfut with a 2,200 square-metre work, comprising two enormous eyes overlooking the pedestrian shoppers, with the inscription above reading: DU WILLST ES. DU KAUFST ES. DU VERGISST ES. (YOU WANT IT, YOU BUY IT, YOU FORGET IT).

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Du Willst Es. Du Kaufst Es. Du Vergisst Es. (You Want It. You Buy It. You Forget It.)

2013
Archival pigment print in colours, on smooth light-weight card paper, with full margins,
I. 40.5 x 53 cm (15 7/8 x 20 7/8 in.)
S. 43.1 x 55.8 cm (16 7/8 x 21 7/8 in.)

stamp signed in pink and numbered 6/8 in pencil on the reverse (there was also 1 artist's proof), published by Kunsthaus-Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria, unframed.

Estimate
£3,000 - 5,000 ‡♠

Sold for £3,750

Contact Specialist
Robert Kennan
Head of Sale, Editions
London
+44 207 318 4075

Evening & Day Editions

London Auction 21 January 2016 2pm & 6pm