Details
OLAFUR ELIASSON (B. 1967)
Eye see you
signed with the artist’s stamp, titled, numbered and dated “Eye see you 2006 Ed. 25/30 Olafur Eliasson” (on the reverse of left arm)
stainless steel, aluminium, colour-effect filter glass and monofrequency bulb
89 1/3 x 53 x 32in. (226.7 x 134.6 x 81.3cm.)
Executed in 2006, this work is number twenty-five from an edition of thirty plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenhagen.
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 2007).
Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 7 March 2019, lot 218.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
O. Eliasson, A. Engberg-Pedersen and P. Ursprung, Studio Olafur Eliasson An Encyclopaedia, Cologne 2008 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 484).
Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life, exh. cat., London, Tate Modern, 2019, pp. 24 and 227.
Exhibited
Stockholm, Jarla Partilager, Summer Solstice, 2008 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, unpaged).
Düsseldorf, NRW - Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Olafur Eliasson Eye See You, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited).
Düsseldorf, Langen Foundation, Olafur Eliasson Works from the Boros Collection 1994-2015, 2015 (another from the edition exhibited, installation views illustrated in colour, pp. 95 and 122-123).
Vienna, Belvedere Museum, Olafur Eliasson Baroque Baroque, 2015 (another from the edition exhibited, installation views illustrated, pp. 219-227).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Post lot text
Another from the edition is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Details
OLAFUR ELIASSON (B. 1967)
Eye see you
signed with the artist’s stamp, titled, numbered and dated “Eye see you 2006 Ed. 25/30 Olafur Eliasson” (on the reverse of left arm)
stainless steel, aluminium, colour-effect filter glass and monofrequency bulb
89 1/3 x 53 x 32in. (226.7 x 134.6 x 81.3cm.)
Executed in 2006, this work is number twenty-five from an edition of thirty plus two artist's proofs
Provenance
Andersen’s Contemporary, Copenhagen.
Private Collection, Switzerland (acquired from the above in 2007).
Anon. sale, Christie’s London, 7 March 2019, lot 218.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.
Literature
O. Eliasson, A. Engberg-Pedersen and P. Ursprung, Studio Olafur Eliasson An Encyclopaedia, Cologne 2008 (another from the edition illustrated in colour, p. 484).
Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life, exh. cat., London, Tate Modern, 2019, pp. 24 and 227.
Exhibited
Stockholm, Jarla Partilager, Summer Solstice, 2008 (another from the edition exhibited and illustrated, unpaged).
Düsseldorf, NRW - Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Olafur Eliasson Eye See You, 2010 (another from the edition exhibited).
Düsseldorf, Langen Foundation, Olafur Eliasson Works from the Boros Collection 1994-2015, 2015 (another from the edition exhibited, installation views illustrated in colour, pp. 95 and 122-123).
Vienna, Belvedere Museum, Olafur Eliasson Baroque Baroque, 2015 (another from the edition exhibited, installation views illustrated, pp. 219-227).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Post lot text
Another from the edition is in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
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