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Auction archive: Lot number 24

Olafur Eliasson

Estimate
US$100,000 - US$150,000
Price realised:
US$110,500
Auction archive: Lot number 24

Olafur Eliasson

Estimate
US$100,000 - US$150,000
Price realised:
US$110,500
Beschreibung:

Olafur Eliasson Moonlight 2003 Twelve industrial lamps on metal armature. 33 1/2 in. (85 cm) diameter. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. This work is from an edition of three.
Provenance neugerriemschneider, Berlin Literature H. Broeker, ed., Olafur Eliasson Your Lighthouse; Works with Light 1991-2004, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, p. 163, pl. 127 (illustrated); O. Eliasson, ed., Olafur Eliasson Your Engagement has Consequences; On the Relativity of Your Reality, Baden, 2006, p. 174 (illustrated); T. Zenth, Ny Dansk Kunst – New Danish Art, Copenhagen, 2006, p. 16 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay Olafur Eliasson’s pendulum lamp Moonlight bathes the viewer in a light of the same intensity as actual moonlight. Comprised of twelve lamps mounted on a geodesic steel frame, the work is an almost spherical luster hanging from the ceiling with a romantic glow. The appeal of the lighting invites the viewer to spend time and truly engage in the experience of the piece. It allows for total immersion in an unframed moment of art. "The potency and emotional resonance of Eliasson’s work is due in part to how far removed, how disturbingly alien his pieces are with respect to the familiar, expected patterns of everyday experience, even when his work is situated fully within mundane environments," (J. Crary, Light Art: Targetti Light Art Collection, Milan, 2005, p. 70). Read More

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Phillips
12 Nov 2009 New York
Beschreibung:

Olafur Eliasson Moonlight 2003 Twelve industrial lamps on metal armature. 33 1/2 in. (85 cm) diameter. This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist. This work is from an edition of three.
Provenance neugerriemschneider, Berlin Literature H. Broeker, ed., Olafur Eliasson Your Lighthouse; Works with Light 1991-2004, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2004, p. 163, pl. 127 (illustrated); O. Eliasson, ed., Olafur Eliasson Your Engagement has Consequences; On the Relativity of Your Reality, Baden, 2006, p. 174 (illustrated); T. Zenth, Ny Dansk Kunst – New Danish Art, Copenhagen, 2006, p. 16 (illustrated) Catalogue Essay Olafur Eliasson’s pendulum lamp Moonlight bathes the viewer in a light of the same intensity as actual moonlight. Comprised of twelve lamps mounted on a geodesic steel frame, the work is an almost spherical luster hanging from the ceiling with a romantic glow. The appeal of the lighting invites the viewer to spend time and truly engage in the experience of the piece. It allows for total immersion in an unframed moment of art. "The potency and emotional resonance of Eliasson’s work is due in part to how far removed, how disturbingly alien his pieces are with respect to the familiar, expected patterns of everyday experience, even when his work is situated fully within mundane environments," (J. Crary, Light Art: Targetti Light Art Collection, Milan, 2005, p. 70). Read More

Auction archive: Lot number 24
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2009
Auction house:
Phillips
12 Nov 2009 New York
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