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185
Isa Genzken
Weltempfänger, 1987.
Telescope antenna cast concrete
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 28,250
Sold:
€ 81,250 / $ 91,812

(incl. surcharge)
Weltempfänger. 1987.
Telescope antenna cast concrete.
Signed and dated on the underside. With antenna: 45.5 x 20 x 6.5 cm (17.9 x 7.8 x 2.5 in).
[AR].
• Telescope antenna in cast concrete: With a bold material mix, Isa Genzken creates new contexts of high topicality.
• Her "Weltempfänger" count among her most sought-after works on the international auction market and regularly realize top prices (source: artprice.com).
• She is considered one of the most important and most influential living artists.
• Several participations in the documenta in Kassel (1982, 1992, 2002) and the Venice Biennial (2007, 2015)
.

The work will be included into the forthcoming catalog raisonnée. We are grateful to Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, for the kind support in cataloging this lot.

PROVENANCE: Private collection North Rhine-Westphalia.

LITERATURE: Kunsthaus Lempertz, Cologne, auction 737, December 6, 1996, lot 204.

"Her sculptures and assemblages are characterized by a radical presence."
Monopol Magazin, December 5, 2017. Online: https://www.monopol-magazin.de/neues-werkverzeichnis-zu-isa-genzken




185
Isa Genzken
Weltempfänger, 1987.
Telescope antenna cast concrete
Estimate:
€ 25,000 / $ 28,250
Sold:
€ 81,250 / $ 91,812

(incl. surcharge)

 


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