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KARIN MAMMA ANDERSSON (B. 1962)
Lot 223 Property from a New York Charitable Family Trust

KARIN MAMMA ANDERSSON (B. 1962)

Med läsning öd ej iden borrt, Vårt kön så föga det behöver, Och skall du läsa, gör det kort, At såsen ej må fräsa öfver / Readers

Closed12 November 2021

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KARIN MAMMA ANDERSSON (B. 1962)
Med läsning öd ej iden borrt, Vårt kön så föga det behöver, Och skall du läsa, gör det kort, At såsen ej må fräsa öfver / Readers
signed, titled and dated 'Med läsning öd ej iden borrt, Vårt kön så föga det behöver, Och skall du läsa, gör det kort, At såsen ej må fräsa öfver Readers Karin Mamma Andersson 2002' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
48 x 59 3⁄4 in. (121.9 x 151.8 cm.)
Painted in 2002.

Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2002

Specialist note

"With reading, time does not waste
Our sex as little as it needs
And should you read, make it short.
That the sauce must not be milled over "
–Anna Maria Lenngren, 1794