"I'm constantly putting art into question. By taking risks, you end up with something to show."
—Bernar Venet
Bernar Venet. Photo by Didier Baverel/WireImage/Getty Images
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Provenance
Scott White Contemporary Art, Inc., San Diego Acquired from the above by the present owner in July 2008
Literature
Bernard Marcelis, Bernar Venet: Œuvre sculpté, Arsenale Novissimo, Biennale de Venise, Paris, 2009, pp. 86–87 (illustrated)
stamped with the title "221.5° ARC x 15" along the bottom of left element Corten steel, in 2 parts 136 x 264 x 168 in. (345.4 x 670.6 x 426.7 cm) Executed in 2007, this work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by the artist and is included in the artist's archives under inventory number bv07s17.