Live Auction 12159Post-War & Contemporary Art Afternoon Sale
Vik Muniz (b. 1961)
Lot 498

Vik Muniz (b. 1961)

Burning Standard, After Ed Ruscha (Pictures of Cars)

Closed16 November 2016

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USD 50,000

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Vik Muniz (b. 1961)
Burning Standard, After Ed Ruscha (Pictures of Cars)
signed and dated ‘Vik Muniz 2008’ (on a paper label affixed to the reverse)
digital chromogenic print
50 ½ x 95 in. (128.2 x 241.3 cm.)
Executed in 2008. This work is number two from an edition of six plus four artist's proofs.

Vik Muniz Studio, Brooklyn
Private Collection, Los Angeles
Acquired from the above by the present owner

Specialist note

“I like to compare art-making with building igloos: I believe that the solution is within the problem in its entirety–nothing comes from the outside.” – Vik Muniz