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Terry Adkins

Sold for CHF 25,000 at Koller Auctions on Jun 29, 2019.

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TERRY ADKINS (Washington 1953 - 2014 New York) Titan. 1988. Sculpture. Wood, metal, nails. Signed, dated and titled on the reverse: Terry Adkins 1989 "Titan", as well as with a dedication: For Fredi. 173 x 20 x 30 cm. Provenance: - Galerie Andy Jllien, Zurich. - Purchased from the above by the present owner, since then private collection Switzerland. “Terry always saw object and sound and movement and words and images all as the material for his art. He was so deeply inspired by aesthetics, philosophy, spirituality, music, history and culture, and he had such a fertile and generative mind, that he was always able to move between many different ideas and create a lot of space and meaning in a work.” Thelma Golden, 2014. --------------- TERRY ADKINS (Washington 1953 - 2014 New York) Titan. 1988. Skulptur. Holz, Metal, Nägel. Verso signiert, datiert und betitelt: Terry Adkins 1989 "Titan", sowie mit einer Widmung: For Fredi. 173 x 20 x 30 cm. Provenienz: - Galerie Andy Jllien, Zürich. - Bei obiger Galerie vom heutigen Besitzer erworben, seitdem Privatsammlung Schweiz. “Terry always saw object and sound and movement and words and images all as the material for his art. He was so deeply inspired by aesthetics, philosophy, spirituality, music, history and culture, and he had such a fertile and generative mind, that he was always able to move between many different ideas and create a lot of space and meaning in a work.” (Thelma Golden in: The New York Times, 22. Februar 2014).

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