Live Auction 20097Post-War and Contemporary Art Day Sale
RONI HORN (B. 1955)
Lot 408

RONI HORN (B. 1955)

White DickinsonHE INHERITS HIS UNCLE EMILY'S ARDOR FOR THE LIE

Closed12 November 2021

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USD 150,000

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RONI HORN (B. 1955)
White Dickinson
HE INHERITS HIS UNCLE EMILY'S ARDOR FOR THE LIE
stamped with the artist's initials and numbered 'ED 1⁄3 RH' (on the underside)
aluminum and cast plastic
89 1⁄4 x 2 x 2 in. (226.7 x 5.1 x 5.1 cm.)
Executed in 2006-2007. This work is number one from an edition of three plus one artist's proof.

Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2016

Specialist note

There's something about the transparency of Emily Dickinson's language that is really remarkable [...] She is known for her first lines [...] which became a way for me to enter the work. They became a kind of 'cue', like a reference point, a direction, a necessary tool in itself.
—Roni Horn