LOT DETAILS

Materials:

brass, cast aluminum, black chromatized aluminum, braided iron wires covered with nylon, fabric lamp shade, wiring, light bulb

Size Notes:

as installed dimensions variable

Markings:

stamp signed and inscribed "ART TUNGA" on a wax seal affixed to one of the wing elements

Exhibited:

New York, Luhring Augustine, Tunga, February 16 - March 24, 2007 New York, Luhring Augustine, Sculpture, March 23 - May 5, 2018

Literature:

Hans Werner Holzwarth and Lutz Eitel, eds., Tunga: Laminated Souls, Berlin, 2007, pp. 50, 59-61 (illustrated) Will Heinrich, "Sculpture", The New York Times, April 5, 2018, online (illustrated) Jillian McManemin, "The Political Resonance of Contemporary Sculpture", Hyperallergic, April 14, 2018, online (illustrated)

Provenance:

Luhring Augustine, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner