Live Auction 7956Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Tunga (b. 1952)
Lot 297

Tunga (b. 1952)

A Vanguarda Viperina

Closed17 February 2011

Price Realised

GBP 22,500

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Tunga (b. 1952)
A Vanguarda Viperina
gold metalic paint on gelatin silver print in artist's frame
79 1/8 x 49 5/8in. (201 x 126cm.)
Executed in 1985, this work is unique

Acquired directly from the artist by the present owner in 1998.

Specialist note

The artists collected three vipers, anesthetized them by injection and braided the snakes. Following the performance the snakes were returned to the wild.