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Property from an Eminent Private Collection

Francis Alÿs

The Liar and The Copy of The Liar

Auction Closed

May 14, 09:30 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 200,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an Eminent Private Collection

Francis Alÿs

b. 1959


The Liar and The Copy of The Liar

i. signed and dated Ap. 1993 (on the reverse)

ii. signed, dated Sept. 1994 and inscribed en colaboración con Emilio Rivera (on the reverse) 

encaustic on canvas with pen on masking tape and enamel on sheet metal, in 2 parts

i. 11 by 7 ¾ in. 28 by 19.5 cm.

ii. 34 by 25 ¾ in. 86.4 by 65.4 cm.

Executed in 1993-94, the second panel executed in collaboration with Emilio Rivera. 

Please refer to Sothebys.com for updated cataloguing for this lot.

Galería Camargo Vilaça, São Paulo

Acquired from the above by the present owner

Theodora Vischer, ed., Francis Alÿs: Sign Painting Project with Juan García, Emilio Rivera, Enrique Huerta, Göttingen, 2011, nos. L 11.5.1 and L 11.5.4, pp. 96-97, illustrated in color