Sold
$2,757,500
Place Bid
Lot 9
Masturbating Man
Estimate
$2,500,000
-
$3,500,000
Sold
$2,757,500
Enter Max Bid
(Min. $2,600,000)
The system will automatically bid for you.
Est
$2,500,000
-
$3,500,000
Live Auction
20TH CENTURY & CONTEMPORARY ART EVENING SALE
ARTIST
Bruce Nauman
Size
neon 47 3/4 x 30 1/8 x 2 3/4 in. (121.3 x 76.5 x 7 cm.)
panel 86 1/2 x 39 1/2 x 12 1/2 in. (219.7 x 100.3 x 31.8 cm.)
Medium
neon tubing mounted on wood panel
Signature
Executed in 1985.
Provenance
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Dusseldorf
Collection Selma and Jos Vandermolen, Ghent
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Neal Benezra, et. al., Bruce Nauman, exh. cat., Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1994, no. 342, p. 297 (illustrated)
Peter Plagens, Bruce Nauman: The True Artist, London, 2014, pp. 162, 164 (illustrated, p. 172)
Exhibited
Dusseldorf, Galerie Konrad Fischer, New Neons, September 14 - October 17, 1985
Athens, Jean Bernier, Bruce Nauman, February 24 - March 22, 1986
Antwerp, Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, The Future of the Object! A Selection of American Art; Minimalism and After, May 20 - July 28, 1990, pp. 16, 31, 47, 174 (illustrated, p. 175; erroneously orientated)