Live Auction 22044Post-War & Contemporary Art Day Sale
FRANZ WEST (1947-2012)
Lot 287

FRANZ WEST (1947-2012)

Untitled

Closed12 May 2023

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USD 277,200

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FRANZ WEST (1947-2012)
Untitled
papier-mâché, styrofoam, acrylic lacquer and metal
36 5/8 x 11 x 18 1/8 in. (93 x 27.9 x 45.9 cm.)
Executed in 2009.

Gagosian Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 2011

Specialist note

"I have been working in papier-mâché for many years. I came to this material because it’s cheap and easy to use. You can make it at home without too many complications. It doesn’t bleed. It doesn’t stink. And you can live with it without being afraid." – Franz West (F. West, quoted in D. Alexander, Franz West, To Build a House You Start with the Roof: Work, 1972-2008, exh. cat., The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 2008).