Live Auction 2824First Open
Franz West (1947-2012)
Lot 156

Franz West (1947-2012)

Lemurenkopf

Closed6 March 2014

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USD 87,500

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Franz West (1947-2012)
Lemurenkopf
epoxy and steel
96 7/8 x 34½ x 23 7/8 in. (246 x 87.6 x 60.6 cm.)
Executed in 2008.

Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

"I wanted to go beyond the purely optical and include tactile qualities as well. My works aren't things one just looks at, but things that the viewer is invited to handle" (F. West, quoted in 'A Thousand Words: Franz West,' in Artforum, New York February 1999).