Live Auction 5539Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Auction
Pierre Huyghe (b. 1962)
Lot 139

Pierre Huyghe (b. 1962)

Timekeeper

Closed28 June 2012

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GBP 11,875

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Pierre Huyghe (b. 1962)
Timekeeper
print on transfer paper to be transferred on the wall
diameter: 8¾in. (22.3cm.)
Executed in 1999, this work is number nine from an edition of ten plus two artist's proofs

Donated by the artist.

Specialist note

"Like a geological cross-section, Timekeeper uncovers and shows the successive layers left behind by previous actions (wall paintings) on the walls of the Wiener Secession. Just as the rings of a tree tell its history, Timekeeper is a caption that tells the story of its location. It allows the coexistence of the work of different painters."
Pierre Huyghe, exh. cat., Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich 2000, p. 192.

Photo credit: Tony Izaaks