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Lot 1766 - A187 Photography - Tuesday, 04. December 2018, 04.00 PM

RYAN MCGINLEY

(1977)
"Sunrise", 2003.
C-print on aluminium.
182 x 120.5 cm.
Two mounted labels on verso. From an edition of 6 copies.

Literature: Ryan McGinley. New York, 2004 (ill. n.p.).

Provenance:
- John Jack Ridley Collection.
- Bassenge, Modern and Contemporary Art, Berlin, 4 December 2013, Auction 102, Lot 8908.
- Private collection, Switzerland.

Exhibited: MOMA PS1, Contemporary Art Center, New York, 2004 (our copy).

"As a teenager, McGinley had med Larry Clark and taken up photography while studying graphic design in New York. The implication of this publicized biography is that, early on, he knew that there was a possibility that his images of his and his friends' lives could one day receive public attention... What is new in his work is a lack of angst and pathos apparant in so much earlier intimate photography, now substituted by a knowing playfulness in collaboration with his subjects to help shape the narratives for the public contesxt of the art world." (Charlotte Cotton. The Photograph as Contemporary Art. London, 2009, p. 153).

Scratch marks at the lower right edge.

CHF 4 000 / 7 000 | (€ 4 120 / 7 220)


Sold for CHF 5 000 (including buyer’s premium)
All information is subject to change.