Thomas Demand - Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale London Friday, March 7, 2025 | Phillips
  • Provenance

    Sprüth Magers, London
    Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2014

  • Exhibited

    Cologne, Monika Sprüth Magers Galerie, Thomas Demand, 5 May-7 July 2000 (another example exhibited)
    Paris, Fondation Cartier Pour L'Art Contemporain, Thomas Demand, 24 November 2000-4 February 2001, p. 95 (another example exhibited and illustrated, front cover)
    New York, 303 Gallery, Thomas Demand, 24 February-7 April 2001 (another example exhibited)
    Bregenz, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Thomas Demand: Phototraphy, 17 September-7 November 2004, pp. 54-55 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 54)
    New York, Museum of Modern Art, Thomas Demand, 4 March-30 May 2005, pp. 86-87 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 87)
    Berlin, Neue Nationalgalerie; Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Thomas Demand: Nationalgalerie, 18 September 2009-22 August 2010, n.p. (another example exhibited and illustrated)
    Tokyo, Museum of Contemporary Art, Thomas Demand, 19 May-8 July 2012 (another example exhibited)
    Shanghai, UCCA Edge; Taipei Fine Arts Museum; Paris, Jeu de Paume; Jerusalem, Israel Museum; Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, The Stutter of History, 2 April 2022-15 September 2024, pp. 64-65, 155 (another example exhibited and illustrated, p. 65)

  • Literature

    Christy Lange, ed., Thomas Demand: The Complete Papers, London, 2019, pp. 121, 131 (another example illustrated)

Property of a Distinguished Private Collection

178

Laboratory (Labor)

signed, numbered and dated 'Thomas Demand 2/6 2000' on the reverse
c-print mounted on Diasec
180 x 268 cm (70 7/8 x 105 1/2 in.)
Executed in 2000, this work is number 2 from an edition of 6.

Estimate
£10,000 - 15,000 ‡♠

Sold for £25,400

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Modern & Contemporary Art Day Sale

London Auction 7 March 2025