Karen Kilimnik - 20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York New York Monday, March 11, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Esther Schipper, Cologne
    Urbi et Orbi Galerie, Paris
    Private Collection
    Christie's, London, February 12, 2010, lot 279
    Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Cologne, Esther Schipper, Karen Kilimnik, September 5–October 10, 1992
    London, Sprüth Magers, Joseph Cornell Karen Kilimnik, June 9–August 28, 2010
    Oakland, Mills College Art Museum, Dance Rehearsal: Karen Kilimnik's World of Ballet and Theatre, September 12–December 9, 2012

  • Literature

    Lionel Bovier, ed., Karen Kilimnik: 365 Days in the Year of Karen, Zurich, 2006, pp. 13, 161 (illustrated, p. 13)
    Pei-Ru Keh, "Joseph Cornell and Karen Kilimnik at Sprüth Magers," Wallpaper, June 11, 2010, online (Spruth Magers, London, 2010 installation view illustrated)
    Rachel Withers, "Joseph Cornell Karen Kilimnik," Artforum, vol. 49, no. 3, November, 2010, p. 273

44

Paris Opera Rats

tutus, ballet slippers, foam faux rock, plastic mice and glitter
installation dimensions variable, approximately 43 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (110.5 x 100.3 x 16.8 cm)
Executed in 1992.

Estimate
$7,000 - 10,000 

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20th Century & Contemporary Art: Online Auction, New York

11 - 20 March 2024