Live Auction 19622Contemporary Edition
OLAFUR ELIASSON (B. 1967)
Lot 143 PROPERTY SOLD TO BENEFIT THE PETER STRAUSS SYMPOSIUM ON LIVRES D'ARTISTES

OLAFUR ELIASSON (B. 1967)

Your House

Closed10 March 2021

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USD 3,750

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OLAFUR ELIASSON (B. 1967)
Your House
the complete artist's book comprising 454 hand-bound laser cut leaves, on wove paper, 2006, signed in pencil on the justification page, number 19 of 225, published by Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the full sheets, bound (as issued), the sheets unevenly toned, occasional creasing and tears in places on the laser cut elements, with blue cloth covers, accompanying booklet and gray portfolio case
Overall: 10 ¾ x 17 x 4 ¼ in. (273 x 430 x 107 mm.)
(album)

Specialist note

"Reading a book is both a physical and a mental activity. It is like walking through a house, following the layout of the rooms with your body and mind: the movement from one room to another, or from one part of the book to another, constitutes an experiential narrative that is physical and conscious at the same time." - Olafur Eliasson.

A commission by the Library Council of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, Your House consists of a laser-cut negative impression of Eliasson’s house in Copenhagen on a scale of 85:1.