LOT DETAILS

Materials:

mixed media

Measurements:

15.00 in. (38.10 cm.) (height) by 17.99 in. (45.70 cm.) (width) by 27.99 in. (71.10 cm.) (width)

Edition:

1 of 1 plus 1 AP

Exhibited:

London, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, Ron Mueck, September 5 – December 9, 2000 Dusseldorf, K21 Kunstsammlung im Standehaus, Startkapital, April 20 – September 8, 2002 (artist’s proof exhibited) Dusseldorf, K21 Kunstsammlung im Standehaus, Sammlung Kunst der Gegenwart, July 2 – September 18, 2005, p. 168 (artist’s proof exhibited and illustrated, p. 167) Houston, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Ron Mueck, June 24 – October 21, 2007 Southbank, National Gallery of Victoria; Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery; Christchurch, Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetu, Ron Mueck, January 22, 2010 – January 23, 2011, p. 147 Houston, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Ron Mueck, February 26 – August 13, 2017

Literature:

Craig Raine, Ron Mueck, Aréte, no. 4, winter, 2000, pp. 119-120 Plateau of Humankind, exh. cat., XXXXIX Biennale , Venice, 2001, p. 106 Julian Heynan ed., Sammlung Ackermans: K21Kunstsammlung Nordrheim-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 2002 (artist's proof detail illustrated, p. 31; artist's proof illustrated, p. 119) Continuity/Transgression, exh. cat., National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, 2002, p. 72 Ron Mueck, exh. cat., National Gallery, London, 2003, pp. 41, 56-57 (illustrated, p. 57) Alison Roberts, Plastic Fantastic," The Guardian, April 20, 2003 (online) Heiner Bastian ed., Ron Mueck, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2005, no. 16, pp. 46-47, 76 (illustrated) Sue Spaid, Ron Mueck, ArtUS, no. 20, winter, 2007, p. 59 Ron Mueck, exh. cat., 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2008, p. 19 (illustrated) Ron Mueck, exh. cat. Fondation Cartier, Paris, 2013, pp. 184-85, 222 (illustrated) Craig Raine, More Dynamite: Essays 1990-2012, London, 2013, p. 455 Susie Tommaney, MFAH Brings Hauntingly Realistic Figures to Houston in 'Ron Mueck,'" Houston Press, February 13, 2017 (illustrated online) Stephanie Eckhardt, Ron Mueck's Giant Sculptures of People are Mesmerizing, Very Unsettling," W Magazine, February 21, 2017 (illustrated online) Molly Glentzer, Two Exhibits Take Vastly Different Approaches to Exploring our Existence," Houston Chronicle, March 3, 2017 (illustrated online)

Provenance:

Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London Marguerite and Robert Hoffman, Dallas James Cohan Gallery, New York Acquired from the above by the present owner